“…Despite some insightful studies by Roesch (2009), Macionis and Sparks (2004), Connell and Meyer (2009), Carl, Kindon and Smith (2009), Buchmann, Moore and Fisher (2010 and Kim (2010Kim ( , 2012, the research on the film tourist experience remains an emerging area of informed study. Recent research into the psychology of film tourism and media consumption (Buchmann, Moore and Fisher 2010;Kim (2012) A feature of much of the film tourism motivation, experience and destination image research is that it is has the potential to inform, but because studies are often exploratory and experimental, based on a small, discrete population, only do so on a limited basis.…”