Filminduced tourism volume 76 aspects of tourism 76. One of these new forms is the film tourism, a rapidly growing and important new. Definition film induced tourism, or often called film tourism, is defined by scottish tourist board stb as the business of attracting visitors through the portrayal of the place or a places storylines in film, video and television and by visitbritain4 as tourist visits to a destination or attraction as a result of the destination being featured on television, video or the cinema. Movieinduced tourism sage journals sage publications. To provide support to the phenomenon of movieinduced tourism, data for 12 different movie locations all in the united states were gathered. Tes global ltd is registered in england company no 02017289 with its registered office.
These movies will make you want to pack your bags and hop onto the next flight. Filminduced tourism to the area is altering the mix of visitors, which in turn may impact on the traditional holiday market, not merely through increased demand, but also by. The production of film induced tourism has lately gained extensive support in global tourism literature and among destination promotions alike, with limited attention given to movie locations in. Within the literature on tourism marketing and place promotion, there is very little research related to movie sites, including television programme locations, in.
The rise of filminduced tourism and its impact on local. Pdf within the literature on tourism marketing and place promotion, there is very little research related to movie sites, including television. Filminduced tourism aspects of tourism book 76 and millions of other books are available for amazon kindle. This view is particularly the case with the concept of filminduced tourism. This paper extends from earlier studies by suggesting a variety of reasons for this type of gaze and documents some of the impacts on movie induced tourism locations. A brand new tendency in tourism industry is the socalled filminduced tourism as well as movieinduced tourism which deals with the influence of films on.
Noelle oconnor, a conceptual examination of the film induced tourism phenomenon in ireland, european journal of tourism, hospitality and recreation vol. This website and its content is subject to our terms and conditions. The challenge of measurement is considered via a smallscale survey. The rise of filminduced tourism and its impact on local businesses. Gjorgievski, mijalce, and sinolicka melles trpkova.
Movie induced tourism is an aspect that has been around ever since television and movie theaters started showing movies and tvshows from distant places that one had only heard about. Students interest in film induced tourism is therefore the main issue being examined in this project. Four criteria guided the selections of movies and associated locations. The effects of films on destination image and tourists decision making process we have seen it in the movies lets see if its true bernadette walcher bachelor thesis tourism miscellaneous publish your bachelors or masters thesis, dissertation, term. One example is the continual insistence by those in the popular press that the movie. Film induced tourism or film tourism is a result of destination image formation. In the tourism industry, there has been a growing phenomenon that tourists visit destinations featured through films which are not directly related to dmos tourism. The 12 movies were chosen because of their respective box office success and an identifiable location to which people could travel. The challenge of measurement and other issues article pdf available in journal of vacation marketing 74. Pdf understanding filminduced tourism researchgate. This study discusses the concept of movieinduced tourism in relation to the wider phenomenon of cultural and literary tourism.
It added pictures to the words you had heard and created a curiosity to go there. Definition filminduced tourism, or often called film tourism, is defined by scottish tourist board stb as the business of attracting visitors through the portrayal of the place or a places storylines in film, video and television and by visitbritain4 as tourist. Film tourism has also been referred in the international bibliography with the terms film induced tourism, or media induced tourism, or movie induced tourism, or cinematographic tourism, or even media pilgrim seen as a media pilgrimage horrigan, 2009. The effects of films on destination image and tourists. Filminduced tourism is defined as tourist visits to the destination featured on television. The data gathered at 12 us locations supports earlier anecdotal accounts of movie induced tourism.
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