a reinforcement of existing retail areas.

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This paper constitutes the second part of a cross-cultural study on public space in Alicante, Spain. As in other touristic cities, many places in Alicante are polarised between those catering for visitors and those catering for locals. This ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� public spaces and the reasons why some are preferred by locals, by Japanese visitors, or by both through cross-cultural ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Japanese preferred the same place, it was for different reasons. This suggests that a way of sharing places by locals and visitors in touristic cities may consist of nurturing enough diversity so as to enable different qualities that can respond to the preferences of different people, including preferences as different as those of the Japanese and Spaniards. Keywords: Public Space, KJ method, Qualitative research, Participatory research, Alicante �������������������������� BackgroundThis study constitutes the second part of an on-going research on the public spaces of Alicante, Spain. In this city, a representative case of many