This research-based monograph presents an introduction to the concept of film-induced tourism, building on the work of the seminal first edition. Many new case studies exploring the relationship between film and TV and tourism have been added and existing cases have been updated. The book incorporates studies on film studio theme parks, the impact of film-induced tourism on communities and the effect of film on tourists’ behaviour. It introduces new content including film-induced tourism in non-Western cultures, movie tours and contents tourism. The book is an essential resource for postgraduate students and researchers in the fields of tourism, film and media studies.
Covering a wide range of topics from film tourism destinations to digital literary tourism, this book is ideal for travel agents, tourism agencies, tour operators, government officials, postgraduate students, researchers, academicians, ...
Destination marketing and destination image issues in tourism have been dealt with in a number of publications (Baloglu & McCleary, 1999; Buhalis, 2000; Beerli & Martın, 2004; Coshall, 2000; Crompton, 1977; Croy, 2001; Echtner & Ritchie ...
Few dedicated film tourists could be divided in two groups depending on what they sought.
Bachelor Thesis from the year 2016 in the subject Tourism - Miscellaneous, grade: 1,50, Management Center Innsbruck, language: English, abstract: Homo Sapiens is the story telling animal and for more than 100 years, it is film, more than ...
This book examines the impact of film induced tourism and destination branding on locations featured in popular films and television series.
Quentin Tarantino is known for presenting a series of self-reflexive pastiches in his movies, with Lloyd Hughes arguing that he has 'come closest to writer Walter Benjamin's stated desire to create a text entirely composed of ...
By 1986 28 per cent of Britons went abroad , making about 25 million journeys , of which about a quarter were to Spain ( Mitchinson , 1988 : 48 ; Business Monitor Quarterly Statistics ...
Although a few investigations have dealt with the offlocation film tourism encounter (Moutinho, 1988; Braun & Milman, 1994; Roest et al., 1997; Harvey & Zibell, 2000; McClung, 2000; Beeton, 2005), no comparative studies have been ...
The ‘long tail’ of holiday offerings implies dramatic shifts in the sector’s concentration levels and its competitive dynamics.
This book focuses on film tourism: the phenomenon of people visiting locations from popular film or TV series.