Effects of Korean television dramas on the flow of Japanese tourists

Japanese Popular Culture and Contents Tourism – Introduction

“…A large literature has emerged, which may be divided into various subliteratures: for example, popular culture as a form of soft power ( Thus far, however, the big frame has typically been 'media' or 'culture'. There has been relatively little attention in English on the linkage between popular culture contents and tourism, or the effects of popular culture on particular communities, although the case study of tourism by Japanese fans of the South Korean drama Winter sonata is now quite well known within the tourism literature (Chan 2007, Kim et al 2007.…”

Film tourism – Evolution, progress and prospects

“…Cases where film tourism effects have been observed now proliferate, and examples range across the spectrum of genres, from: blockbusters and 'must-see' films like Braveheart (Edensor 2001(Edensor , 2005, Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings (LOTR) (Jones and Smith etc); romantic films like Notting Hill (Busby and Klug 2001); heritage and costume film and TV dramas (Higson 2006), such as Pride and Prejudice (Sargent 2001), Sense and Sensibility and Downton Abbey; continuing dramas, or 'soaps', such as Winter Sonata (Kim, Agrusa, Lee and Chon 2007) and Sea Change (Beeton 2004); more cult offerings like Monty Python (Beeton 2005) and Twilight; through to thrillers such as Motor Cycle Diaries (Shani et al 2008); travel-gastronomy style shows such as those presented by Rick Stein, and; even children's programmes such as Balamory (Connell 2005a). It is not the intention of this paper to cite the full range of examples and increases in tourism, suffice to say, examples of film tourism abound in the literature (see summaries by Tooke and Baker 1996;Riley, Baker and van Doren 1998;Hudson and Ritchie 2006a;Croy and Heitmann 2011) which collectively chart cases of film tourism through time), as well as in popular press and commissioned reports (see Grihault 2003Grihault , 2007Olsberg|SPI 2007).…”

Treading in the footsteps of literary heroes: an autoethnography

“…Just as the film tourist will seek out a place featured in a film or TV programme (Kim et al, 2007;Connell, 2012), the literary tourist will seek places featured in a novel. Indeed, according to Connell (2012), literary tourism is an antecedent of film tourism: both share narratives that appeal to the emotions of the viewer/ reader, and induce a desire to travel and to experience the place.…”

“…The parallel between the tourist and the religious pilgrim is drawn by MacCannell (1976) who states that the pilgrim's desire to be in a place with religious meaning is similar to the attraction of tourists to a place embedded with social, cultural and historical meaning. The notion of the literary pilgrim is also referred to by Herbert (1996Herbert ( , 2001) and Walton (2009) as a dedicated scholar prepared to travel to experience places linked with favourite writers; the pilgrim is well educated and with cultural capital to enjoy literary places (Kim et al, 2007).…”