Article setter placed initially on boat in tourist attraction (5,4)
I believe the answer is:
theme park
'tourist attraction' is the definition.
'article setter placed initially on boat' is the wordplay.
'article' becomes 'the' (the 'definite article' part of speech).
'setter' becomes 'me' (the setter of the clue).
'initially' says to take the initial letters.
'on boat' becomes 'ark' (ark is a kind of boat. I am not sure about the 'on' bit.**).
The first letter of 'placed' is 'p'.
'the'+'me'+'p'+'ark'='THEME PARK'
'in' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for theme park that I've seen before include "Subject-based leisure attraction" , "number of day-trippers here" , "In recreational area" , "Eg, Alton Towers" , "Area with rides, displays, etc" .)