Film-induced tourism /
By: Beeton, Sue [author.].
Series: Aspects of tourism 76. Publisher: Buffalo : Channel View Publications, 2016Edition: 2nd edition.Description: xxv, 311 pages : ill. ; 26 cm.Content type: text | text Media type: unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 9781845415846; 9781845415846:; 1845415841; 9781845415839; 1845415833.Subject(s): Tourism and motion pictures | Tourism | Tourism -- Decision making | Motion pictures -- Social aspectsDDC classification: 338.4791 BEEItem type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Standard Loan | ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection | 338.4791 BEE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 0062924 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Popular media and tourism -- 2. Perspectives on film-induced tourism -- 3. Film images and destination marketing -- 4. Film and place promotion -- 5. Effects on tourism -- 6. Effects on community -- 7. Film-induced tourism and community planning -- 8. From themed events to film studios -- 9. Film studio theme park success and failings -- 10. Emerging issues and future directions.
Film-induced tourism has the potential to revitalise flagging regional/rural communities and increase tourism to urban centres, however, it carries with it unique problems. This book explores the downside of the phenomenon.