Comments on: Movies Inspiring Tourism http://www.beingtheredoingthat.com/2010/02/whats-to-come-from-ted-2010/ Missives from the frontlines of Travel, Tourism and Economic Development Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:53:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: buy movies dvd http://www.beingtheredoingthat.com/2010/02/whats-to-come-from-ted-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-237 buy movies dvd Thu, 03 Jun 2010 14:00:43 +0000 http://www.beingtheredoingthat.com/?p=994#comment-237 There was a bollywood movie called Pyar To Hona Hi Tha which promotes travel to UK and also was a great movie to watch. There was a bollywood movie called Pyar To Hona Hi Tha which promotes travel to UK and also was a great movie to watch.

]]> By: jack purdy http://www.beingtheredoingthat.com/2010/02/whats-to-come-from-ted-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-230 jack purdy Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:44:04 +0000 http://www.beingtheredoingthat.com/?p=994#comment-230 I did a summer course at Christ Church in 2009. The father of the inspiration for Alice (Alice Liddell) was Dean of the college and Lewis Carroll, real name William Dodgson, was a mathematics tutor there. On a tour, we were shown "Alice's door," which Miss Liddell and her sisters came through whenever they came out to play. I don't know if Christ Church will try to cash in on Tim Burton's film, however. For one thing, it has almost no resemblance to the original story. For another, Harry Potter fans have overrun Christ Church for some years now, eager to get a look at Hogwarts Hall, which was modelled after the dining hall at the college. I was amused when a guide told me that some children, when told this isn't really Hogwarts, nod knowingly, while others become absolutely hysterical, like a 4 year old being told there is no Santa. I did a summer course at Christ Church in 2009. The father of the inspiration for Alice (Alice Liddell) was Dean of the college and Lewis Carroll, real name William Dodgson, was a mathematics tutor there. On a tour, we were shown “Alice’s door,” which Miss Liddell and her sisters came through whenever they came out to play. I don’t know if Christ Church will try to cash in on Tim Burton’s film, however. For one thing, it has almost no resemblance to the original story. For another, Harry Potter fans have overrun Christ Church for some years now, eager to get a look at Hogwarts Hall, which was modelled after the dining hall at the college. I was amused when a guide told me that some children, when told this isn’t really Hogwarts, nod knowingly, while others become absolutely hysterical, like a 4 year old being told there is no Santa.

]]> By: Josh Mercaldo http://www.beingtheredoingthat.com/2010/02/whats-to-come-from-ted-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-228 Josh Mercaldo Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:57:13 +0000 http://www.beingtheredoingthat.com/?p=994#comment-228 Hi Eileen - While not a Hollywood blockbuster, Drake Cooper created a brandtainment campaign for Idaho tourism called the Great Idaho Getaway Project. One of the main components is a 30 minute film that like your examples above, help create awareness to Idaho in a new, unique way. www.greatidahogetaway.org. Enjoy and thanks for the interesting blog post. Josh Hi Eileen -

While not a Hollywood blockbuster, Drake Cooper created a brandtainment campaign for Idaho tourism called the Great Idaho Getaway Project. One of the main components is a 30 minute film that like your examples above, help create awareness to Idaho in a new, unique way. http://www.greatidahogetaway.org.

Enjoy and thanks for the interesting blog post.
Josh

]]> By: Harper Babin http://www.beingtheredoingthat.com/2010/02/whats-to-come-from-ted-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-225 Harper Babin Thu, 18 Feb 2010 19:04:20 +0000 http://www.beingtheredoingthat.com/?p=994#comment-225 Movies have the opportunity to promote a variety of things, such as: fashion, trends, slang, and tourism! Depending on the producer and directors mindset as to what they choose to captivate to their audiences they have the opportunity to shed light on certain destinations to all of their viewers. No matter how many times I watch the movie "Sex & the City" it makes me want to jump on a plane and head straight to NYC. Or more exotically when I watched "Fool's Gold" it made me research the movie to find out what part of the Caribbean it took place in because it was so extremely beautiful! I feel sometimes directors focus more on shedding light on where their shooting to purposely promote the the location for tourism. Sometimes certain locations get lost in the shuffle of all the places to travel to so why not promote unique places that need some tourists. I mean hundreds to thousands to millions of people will watch their movie so take hold of that opportunity. I'm happy to see movies taking on this new trend of promoting new or much-needed travel locations. As a whole it is helping our world-wide economy. Movies have the opportunity to promote a variety of things, such as: fashion, trends, slang, and tourism! Depending on the producer and directors mindset as to what they choose to captivate to their audiences they have the opportunity to shed light on certain destinations to all of their viewers. No matter how many times I watch the movie “Sex & the City” it makes me want to jump on a plane and head straight to NYC. Or more exotically when I watched “Fool’s Gold” it made me research the movie to find out what part of the Caribbean it took place in because it was so extremely beautiful! I feel sometimes directors focus more on shedding light on where their shooting to purposely promote the the location for tourism. Sometimes certain locations get lost in the shuffle of all the places to travel to so why not promote unique places that need some tourists. I mean hundreds to thousands to millions of people will watch their movie so take hold of that opportunity. I’m happy to see movies taking on this new trend of promoting new or much-needed travel locations. As a whole it is helping our world-wide economy.

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