Film And Tourism Assignment Report

Running head: FILM TOURISM
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Introduction:
The aim of this paper is to discuss the connection between tourism and motion picture
industry. As film entertainment is one of the most important sector in the cultural aspects of the
countries, these attract people from various parts. The trusts visit to the destinations when they
see their favourite move starts have shot scenes there and the locations are features in the video,
television and cinema screen. The international films and other motion pictures have
international audience therefore they attract the people from around the world to visit the places
where the shooting of the films have been done and I case of regional or national films, the
national audiences are motivated to visit these locations. Time and time again the films can
create effective economic impact on the locations the shooting have been done.
Film tourism therefore has become a growing phenomenon driven by growth and
ubiquity of entertainment in one hand and increase of international travel on the other. There are
various examples of this type of scenario found in reality. For example the Nottingham castle
experiences 5.5% increase of tourist visit after the release of Robin Hood in 2010. Similarly, the
book published in 2005, the Twilight Saga series have captured the attention of the audience
towards its location in Forks, but after the movie series were released, the Canadian Border of
British Colombia had experienced increase in hotel bookings by 1000%. Thus it can be stated
that motion picture industry has a great connection with the cultural tourism.
Now motion pictures industry not only includes films and television serials but also
include web series, daily soaps, advertisement films and documentaries. After the growth of the
internet, new sections of the entertainment industry has growth that is the web series (Yen &
Croy, 2016). The companies like Amazon, Netflix and Hotstar have started the revolution where

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the new generation is taking ore interest to the new genres. This paper will be analysing the
evolution of the film industry around the world and its recent development process. This paper
will be also analysing the mutual contribution of the two industries that are tourism and
entertainment industry to support one another’s growth. It will be detailing the case study of
Game of Throne and how this web series has contributed financially to the growth of the place of
Croatia.
Evolution:
Film tourism depends upon the tourist activity true you moving image and other pre-recorded
products. In the new age this has extended to the digital media like internet. However there are
some distinctions between the form and medium of image that is transmitted to the audience and
there are various ways of weaving filmic images and film that can take place in the growing
multitude of environment (Beeton, 2016). This distinction can have implications for the way in
which one can relate to the complete effect of the experience of the film. Film tourism has
different features that when contribute at their best can successfully attract the audience and
grow tourism in that location. These features include cultural Geography, Film and Media,
psychology, marketing and tourism (Connell, 2012). The growth of film tourism dates back to
the time when the word screen tourism was used that encompassed both the media of the film
and Television. In the American cinema the craving of the audience to visit the locations where
the shootings of those popular films took place were high. With the growth of time the film were
not only one can find in the movie theatres but it was seen in the televisions videos and DVDs.
now the availability of weaving film have increased in diverse range of devices. From the time of
film can find in the movie theatre the visit to the locations were high. These locations where the
real places like villages, towns, countryside, forests and seaside. Along with this visiting to the

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studio sets Where are also popular (Kim & Kim, 2018). Depending upon the popularity of the
films for the series of films, like Jurassic Park or Disney films specific theme parks were
developed. Visiting to these specific theme parks or attractions gradually developed film tourism
and its demand around the world.
The growth of films tourism has completed few important steps that have given it impeccable
scope for popularity of the destination as well as the film itself. These stages have grown with
time where visiting the portrayed location either real or substitute were in vogue initially. Then it
came to the tour of the studio set where the tourists could see some actions and how film is shot
in reality (Kim & Kim, 2018). Then came the film themed attractions where the biggest
production house is built some lucrative themed Park for the popularity of the films as well as
increasing franchise. The popularity of the film as well as film tourism were promoted through
the process of visiting to the place marketed through the film connection. This is relevant in
modern time also. For example the castle used in shooting the Harry Potter series allows visitors
around to world. Here the tourism and film production house work hand in hand to promote the
location as well as the movie itself. The feature of film tourism included an organised tour of the
portrayed location where the visitors get the package of visiting the Film city or the portrayed
location in the film along with the visit of that place (Kim & Kim, 2018). The evolution of film
tourism is not only dependent upon the audience of one particular film or a web series captured
in one particular location and attracting them to visit the places but it is also so important for the
tourism business of the location to attract the production houses to the places for continuous
supply of tourists. The location once used can also be used in other films like the towers, fields
and seaside captured in the films like Spartacus can also be used in other films of same genre.
Thus the supply of tourists continues for different films and different web series.