There is nowadays a growing scholarship examining the intersection of popular culture and
tourism. Most of this literature reveals that much of this work is grounded in an optimistic …

This study examines the relationship between how a television series presents the locations
where it is filmed and the tourist experiences of its audience, combining content analysis …

Despite substantial evidence that media fans are increasingly travelling to the filming
locations for movies and TV series, research on core tribal fan film tourists' travel motivations …

The first studies of film and television as inducers of tourism appeared in the 1990s. From
the outset, research in this area has identified a diverse range of tourist profiles, highlighting …

The COVID-19 pandemic is a 'trigger event'which is remoulding new patterns of demand
and supply for the tourism sector. For policy makers and destination managers it highlights …

This study aims to examine how fan tourism emerges at a non-commodified touristic site and
what constitutes meaningful,(in) authentic fan tourism experiences. The research focus is on …

Film tourism's benefits for stakeholders and destinations have received wide attention in
academic research, but film tourists engaging in negative behaviour is becoming …

ABSTRACT This Research Note aims to expand the emerging discussion of media-induced
tourism to the domain of video games. It situates video games food at the intersection of …

This study examines how a mediatized space becomes a “staged” place to play with, and
provides a symbolic platform for performance-based, tourism experiences from a tour …

Individuals gather and form communities for tourism or recreational purposes (Bennett,
1999; DaSilva et al., 2020; Hardy et al., 2013; Urry & Larsen, 2011). Such communities …