The Experiences of Film Location Tourists / / Stefan Roesch.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter CVP eBook-Package Backfile 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Roesch, Stefan,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol, UK;, Blue Ridge Summit, PA : : Channel View Publications, , [2009]; ©2009
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Series: Aspects of Tourism ; 42
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (272 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; List of Tables --; List of Figures --; Abbreviations --; Acknowledgements --; Foreword --; Introduction --; Part 1. Film Tourism - An Overview --; Chapter 1. Introduction --; Chapter 2. Destination Marketing through Film --; Chapter 3. Film Locations as Touristic Places --; Chapter 4. Profiling Film Location Tourists --; Part 2. The Experiences of Film Location Tourists --; Chapter 5. The Spiritual Location Encounter --; Chapter 6. The Physical Location Encounter --; Chapter 7. The Social Location Encounter --; Part 3. Conclusion --; Chapter 8. Characteristics of the Film Location Encounter --; Chapter 9. Implications and Future Directions --; References
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781845411220; 9783110754377
• DOI: 10.21832/9781845411220
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Stefan Roesch.

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.