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Movies and holidays: the empirical relationship between movies and tourism

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  • Heather Mitchell
  • Mark Fergusson Stewart

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Governments around the world believe that tourism will increase if locations within their nations are featured in films. Money and other inducements are often offered to moviemakers to encourage them to shoot within a particular constituency. This article finds a positive and statistically significant relationship between successful films and tourism.

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  • Heather Mitchell & Mark Fergusson Stewart, 2012. "Movies and holidays: the empirical relationship between movies and tourism," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 19(15), pages 1437-1440, October.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:apeclt:v:19:y:2012:i:15:p:1437-1440
    DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2011.631888
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    1. Maria MANOLΑ, 2019. "The Impact of Information Society and Cyber-Culture in Greek Tourism Phenomenon," Informatica Economica, Academy of Economic Studies - Bucharest, Romania, vol. 23(1), pages 61-71.
    2. Jordi McKenzie, 2023. "The economics of movies (revisited): A survey of recent literature," Journal of Economic Surveys, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 37(2), pages 480-525, April.
    3. Li, ShiNa & Li, Hengyun & Song, Haiyan & Lundberg, Christine & Shen, Shujie, 2017. "The economic impact of on-screen tourism: The case of The Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit," Tourism Management, Elsevier, vol. 60(C), pages 177-187.
    4. Heather Mitchell & Mark Fergusson Stewart, 2015. "What should you pay to host a party? An economic analysis of hosting sports mega-events," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 47(15), pages 1550-1561, March.

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