The “Shawshank Trail”: A Cross Disciplinary Study in Film Induced Tourism and Fan Culture

Roberson, Richard; Grady, Maura

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“…Although a sense of communitas is not essential to the experience of travelling to filming locations, as it is in the case of conventions Larsen, 2018), the company of other fans can have a big impact on the experience. Indeed, as noted above (see section 5.4), a key travel motivation for some film fan tourists is precisely the desire to meet and interact with other people who share their interest (Ono et al, 2020;Roberson;Grady, 2015). Kim (2010), Light (2009), and Waysdorf and Reijnders (2017) all suggest that the experience can be enriched by sharing it with other people with the same interests, as the presence of others can reinforce the importance of the location and foster a more active participation in activities at the filming site, such as re-reading characters and re-enacting actions from the production.…”

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Understanding Film Fan Tourism: An Inventory of 15 Years of Research

Beatriz Gómez-Morales,

Jorge Nieto-Ferrando,

Arturo Lozano-Aguilar

2024

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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 fact that audiovisual media fans constitute an important segment of the tourism market because fan consumers dedicate considerable amounts of time, money, and energy to pursuing their specific interest. As a result, academic researchers have developed a substantial body of knowledge in this field over a relatively short period. The objective of this article is to offer a critical review of studies that have enhanced our understanding of film fan tourists to identify critical gaps in knowledge and, consequently, propose new ways to fully integrate the fan perspective into studies of audiovisual fiction-induced tourism. To this end, all the articles dealing with this specific tourist profile indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and Google Scholar (49) have been identified and analysed based on their year of publication, geographical location, type of audiovisual production studied, methodology adopted and composition of the sample, major research themes and main theoretical and/or practical contributions. This review of the literature on film fan tourists finds that our understanding of the specific characteristics of the profile and behaviour of this type of tourist is still limited. This is due to some extent on the lack of consensus on the definition of the concept of “fans”, which has led to the erroneous classification of tourists whose travel motivation has nothing to do with a film and/or television production—and who may not even be fans of that production—as film fan tourists. The recommendations of this review thus focus mainly on reaching a consensus on the definition of the concept and establishing a single set of selection criteria for future research

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confidence: 97%

Understanding Film Fan Tourism: An Inventory of 15 Years of Research

Beatriz Gómez-Morales,

Jorge Nieto-Ferrando,

Arturo Lozano-Aguilar

2024

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Moisa

2022

Global Perspectives on Literary Tourism and Film-Induced Tourism

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The importance of destination image in film tourism has been recognized by scholars and practitioners. However, despite a large number of research papers related to the destination image within the field of film tourism, several issues remain unclear. This chapter provides insights into how movies influence the featured destination's image by focusing on specific film tourists' perceptions, their motivations, and emotional relation to the movies. The chapter begins by offering a film tourism definition followed by film tourist typology with the context of film fans. Then, factors influencing film tourism destination image are examined, in particular destination marketing activities, film-specific factors, and destination attributes. Two case studies will also be provided to better showcase the findings from the literature review. Theoretical and practical implications are also presented.

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The “Shawshank Trail”: A Cross Disciplinary Study in Film Induced Tourism and Fan Culture

Cited by 2 publications

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Understanding Film Fan Tourism: An Inventory of 15 Years of Research

Understanding Film Fan Tourism: An Inventory of 15 Years of Research

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