A major motivation for international travel is to experience cross-cultural interactions. Such
interactions may occur outside the typical travel milieus. They can even take place prior to …

This paper examines the processes surrounding tourism-led urbanisation in the periphery of
a metropolitan region using the case of Pune—a metropolitan city in India. Pune houses five …

Around the world, cities and regions are welcoming tourists after being in the spotlight of
popular movies, games, novels, TV series or other forms of popular media culture. Popular …

For decades, the 'make-believe'world of Bollywood has created elaborate imaginaries of
India. A sizable part of its audience consists of diasporic communities, who not only …

Various factors such as destination image, geographical distance, cultural distance, and the
number of heritage sites have been investigated to explain tourists' intention to visit a …

Names: Månsson, Maria, editor.| Buchmann, Annæ, editor.| Cassinger, Cecilia, editor.|
Eskilsson, Lena, editor. Title: The Routledge companion to media and tourism/edited by …

Film-induced tour guiding is evolving as a hybrid of storytelling and information and
communication technologies. It is a contemporary approach to tour guiding with the sharing …

Film products to induce tourism is a new phenomenon for tourists to visit a destination that
inspired by films and television. For examples; film The Beach (Thailand), Tomb Raider …

This research note explores the current challenges and potential of Bollywood tourism to
Japan. In doing so, it also assesses Bollywood tourism within the context of contents tourism …

Drawing on behavioral motivation theories and cultural affinity, this study aims to understand
the influence of Cinema on destination image, place identity, destination attributes and travel …