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Set-jetting (or taking a location vacation) is the trend of traveling to destinations that were the filming locations of movies.[1] Examples include touring London in a high-speed boat as in the James Bond films, or visiting the stately homes that are seen in the Jane Austen adaptations. The term is a play on jet-setting, a form of luxury travel in upper-class society.
The term was first coined in the US press in the New York Post by journalist Gretchen Kelly in 2008.[2] An analysis of the use of Geospatial technologies in set jetting was proposed by Thierry Joliveau in The Cartographic Journal.[3] Corporations, convention and tourism boards followed the trend that year, creating their own set-jetting travel maps, like the Elizabeth: The Golden Age movie map published by VisitBritain.[4][5]
In June 2018, Maya Beach, made famous by Danny Boyle's 2000 film The Beach, was closed indefinitely to allow it to recover from the ecological damage of mass tourism.[6] The beach received up to 5,000 tourists and 200 boats a day.[6]
References edit
- ^ "Set Jetting, Location Vacations, Book Tourism & Detective Travel". Cosy Pursuits. 2017-06-17. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
- ^ Gretchen Kelly (2008-02-19). "Set Jetting". New York Post. Retrieved 2009-11-05.
- ^ Joliveau, Thierry (2009-02-01). "Connecting Real and Imaginary Places through Geospatial Technologies: Examples from Set-jetting and Art-oriented Tourism". The Cartographic Journal. 46 (1): 36–45. doi:10.1179/000870409X415570. ISSN 0008-7041. S2CID 129927578.
- ^ "Movie Map". visitbritain.com. 2016-06-21. Archived from the original on 17 June 2008.
- ^ Elizabeth the Golden Age. visitBritain.com/thegoldenage
- ^ a b Ellis-Petersen, Hannah (2018-10-03). "Thailand bay made famous by The Beach closed indefinitely". The Guardian. Retrieved 2018-10-25.
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