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Experiences of Film Location Tourists, The


Experiences of Film Location Tourists, The

Hardback by Roesch, Stefan

Experiences of Film Location Tourists, The

£99.95

ISBN:
9781845411213
Publication Date:
16 Dec 2009
Language:
English
Publisher:
Channel View Publications Ltd
Imprint:
Channel View Publications
Pages:
272 pages
Format:
Hardback
For delivery:
Estimated despatch 7 - 9 May 2024
Experiences of Film Location Tourists, The

Description

Within the last decade film-induced tourism has gained increasing attention from academics and the industry alike. While most research has focused on the tourism-inducing effects of film productions, not much has been written about the film location tourists themselves. This book examines the on-site experiences of these tourists by drawing from various disciplines, including geography, sociology and psychology. The author accompanied tourists to film locations from The Lord of the Rings, Star Wars and The Sound of Music and conducted extensive on-site research with them. The results show that only by understanding the needs and wants of film location tourists can film be utilised as a successful and sustainable instrument within strategic destination marketing portfolios.

Contents

Part 1: Film Tourism - An Overview 1 Introduction 2 Destination Marketing through Film 3 Film Locations as Touristic Places 4 Profiling Film Location Tourists Part 2: The Experiences of Film Location Tourists 5 The Spiritual Location Encounter 6 The Physical Location Encounter 7 The Social Location Encounter Part 3: Conclusion 8 Characteristics of the Film Location Encounter 9 Implications and Future Directions

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