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  1. Film tourism

    Film tourism, or film induced tourism, is a specialized or niche form of tourism where visitors explore locations and destinations which have become popular due to their appearance in films and television series. The term also encompasses tours to production studios as well as movies or television-related parks. This is supported by several regression analyses that suggest a high correlation ...

  2. What is film tourism and why does it matter?

    Film tourism has been defined by the Scottish Tourist Board as being the business of attracting visitors through the portrayal of the place or a place's storylines in film, video and television. People have seen a location in a movie and thought, I want to go there. This might be because they thought the destination was particularly beautiful ...

  3. Film tourism

    The broad definition of film tourism is a relatively simple one, although the processes and interactions that it comprises are more complex. Essentially, film tourism is tourist activity induced by the viewing of a moving image, and is accepted as encompassing film, ...

  4. What is Film Tourism?

    As these places exist in the real world, viewers don't need to simply fantasise about being in the movies when they can literally visit the locations. Thus, film tourism (often known as film-induced tourism) is described as "tourist visits to a destination or attraction as a result of the destination being featured on television, video, or ...

  5. Exploring the Benefits of Film Tourism

    Film tourism and destination branding. Integrating film tourism with destination branding has an even bigger spin-off effect on tourism. "A decade after Jackson's three-film adaptation of JRR Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings emerged to critical and popular acclaim, the countdown to 'The Hobbit' - in its film form, also a trilogy - began shortly after in earnest".

  6. Exploring the World of Film Tourism: A Guide to the Best Movie

    Thailand. Thailand is a popular film tourism destination, thanks to its beautiful beaches, exotic culture, and low production costs. Movies such as The Beach and The Hangover Part II were filmed in Thailand, and visitors can explore locations such as the Phi Phi Islands and the Khao Yai National Park.

  7. Why Film Tourism Is in Vogue [2022 Study]

    Yet—. When it comes to film tourism, here are the TOP five motivators, according to our respondents (the text version is below, just in case): To emotionally immerse oneself in a place where the TV show/movie was filmed. 35%. To experience the city's scenery shown in the movie or TV show. 34.9%.

  8. Film tourism

    Film tourism can be defined as a branch of cultural tourism (Zimmermann, 2003, p.76) and refers to the growing interest and demand for locations which became popular due to their appearance in films and television series. In his interpretation, Zimmermann describes film tourism as all forms of travelling to destinations, which in general enable ...

  9. Film tourism

    The broad definition of film tourism is a relatively simple one, although the processes and interactions that it comprises are more complex. Essentially, film tourism is tourist activity induced by the viewing of a moving image, and is accepted as encompassing film, television, pre-recorded products (e.g. video/DVD/Blu-Ray) (see Evans, 1997 ...

  10. How Film Tourists Experience Destinations

    The study of Film Tourism is relatively new in tourism research. Hudson and Ritchie suggest that Film Tourism is a growing phenomenon worldwide, driven by both the growth of the entertainment industry and the increase in international travel.Consequently, as stated by Frost (), in recent years, there has been increasing interest in how films may shape destination images and resultant tourist ...

  11. Full article: The Advance of Film Tourism

    The emerging field of film tourism research invites multi-disciplinary post-modern study, which has moved from simply considering business and marketing aspects towards approaches incorporating multiple disciplinary perspectives. In her paper in this edition, Angelina Karpovich frames this by examining the range of terms used to describe the ...

  12. PDF Films and Destinations Towards a Film Destination: A Review

    Film tourism is one of the fastest growing tourism products in recent years, although it is a phenomenon difficult to quantify [11]. The number of travellers motivated by film tourism has increased from 40 million tourists ... meaning that the topic also had to be defined, to determine review aims and to formulate research questions. The ...

  13. Film-Induced Tourism

    Sue Beeton's Film-Induced Tourism, published in 2016 as part of Channel View's "Aspects of Tourism" series, is a much needed update from the original 2005 first edition.Film tourism now receives much greater attention, also due to its increasing popularity amongst visitors that extends so far that some destinations are struggling to cope with tourist demand.

  14. FILM TOURISM AND ITS IMPACT ON TOURISM DESTINATION IMAGE

    film tourism, but that interest has expanded significantly since their presence on screen, increasing in ... meaning any negative preconception of the viewer that leads to the formation of a bad ...

  15. Film Tourism Planning and Development—Questioning the Role of

    Firstly, conceptual problems regarding the definition of film tourism are highlighted. Secondly, procedural problems in relation to tourism planning are investigated through the use of stakeholder theory in order to showcase the key roles and conflicts. This will then lead to lastly questioning the sustainability of film tourism, before ...

  16. (PDF) Understanding Film-induced Tourism

    Film tourism is defined as a 'tourist visit to a destination or attraction as a result of the destination's being featured on television, video, or the cinema screen' (Hudson and Ritchie 2006b, p ...

  17. Local Aspects and Impacts of Film-induced Tourism

    The romantic tourist likes to gaze on places which have been constructed and reinforced by TV and film in solitude and privacy, establishing a semi-spiritual relationship with the place (Urry 1990, ref. 37) Movie tourism for reasons of pilgrimage, nostalgia, and escape (Riley and Van Doren, ref. 14) Movie tourism elevates the consumer beyond ...

  18. Film-Induced Tourism: A Consumer Perspective

    The analysis investigates important aspects of film tourism experience, including experience satisfaction and storytelling. It tries to highlight how films can influence tourist experiences beyond the travel itself, with a strong emphasis on the role of storytelling and film tourism experience satisfaction. To help readers achieve a clearer and ...

  19. Full article: Theoretical Approaches to Film-Motivated Tourism

    Film Spectatorship As Tourism. As Bruno Citation (1997) points out, early cinema consciously took on what MacCannell Citation (1999) would term an explicitly touristic function, focusing on representing foreign locations through their most picturesque and recognisable sights (what MacCannell termed "markers"). Bruno uses the example of the now-forgotten dal vero genre, a film genre ...

  20. PDF Film-induced tourism: a systematic literature review

    tourism _ or ^film-induced tourism _ or ^movie-induced tourism _ (Connell, 2012; Hao and Ryan, 2013). The term "film-induced tourism" was first introduced by Beeton in 2005 in his book bearing the same title in which the author proposed this concept in place of ^movie-induced tourism _ in order to expand the category to include

  21. Analysis of the Impact of Film Tourism on Tourist Destinations

    A more updated definition proposed by Osácar defines film tourism as: Travel to places, prompted by their appearance in films or series, as well as the tourist experience through products and attractions linked to films and series (Osácar, 2018). Economic, Social and Cultural Impact of Film Tourism

  22. Celebrity involvement and film tourist loyalty ...

    1. Introduction. Film tourism has gained global popularity, bringing benefits to the destination by attracting tourists to visit the places where the filming took place or where the film was set (Kolasińska, 2020).A growth in the numbers attracted to places associated with films and filming serves to stimulate growth in various industries, such as transport, accommodation, and catering (Li et ...

  23. Celebrity involvement and film tourist loyalty ...

    Film tourism has gained global popularity, bringing benefits to the destination by attracting tourists to visit the places where the filming took place or where the film was set (Kolasińska, 2020). A growth in the numbers attracted to places associated with films and filming serves to stimulate growth in various industries, such as transport ...