International tourism development
is deeply affected by entertainment movies. However, the shooting place of
movie frequently related to natural environment. The positive image of the
natural environment will affects increasing film-induced tourists to travel,
but the fast growth film-induced travel may negative impacts to the
destination. Therefore, people begin to concern about the relationship between
film tourism and ecotourism.
The article: Film tourism and
ecotourism: mutually exclusive or compatible? This article is published in 2014
International Journal of Culture, Tourism and Hospitality Research.
This is a good article to discuss
the relationship between film tourism and ecotourism and questions whether the
two are compatible or mutually exclusive through case studies approach. Sakellari (2014)[1] indicated that the movie plays an
increasing impacts role in tourist’s decision making, continually increase
tourist willing travel the destination and participate in natural-based
activities. This means the increasing film-induced tourists who participate in
natural-based activities will challenge for the destination environment
sustainability and raises environmental concern of the destination. However,
film-induced tourism and ecotourism have indiscerptible related, but film
tourism planning has not yet to concern about environmental management problems
for the destination. Sakellari (2014) pointed out that according to many cases,
the natural place of film making not have a strong capacity to cope with rising
film-induced visitors. So, the author thought if tourism policy planner follows
strategies such as environmental education initiatives to film tourism
stakeholders and film industry can create solutions to environmental
challenges, the film tourism would compatible with ecotourism.
In conclusion, the sustainable
environment of destination plays an important role in film tourism development.
The environment protection is important to maintain a good image of the
destination, so that film tourism toward a good direction.
[1]
Sakellari,
M. (2014). Film tourism and ecotourism: mutually exclusive or compatible? International Journal of Culture, Tourism
and Hospitality Research, 8(2), 194 – 202. Retrieved from
http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/IJCTHR-09-2013-0064
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