page_title: James Bond fandom
section_title: Bond tourism
hierarchical_section_title: James Bond fandom / Bond tourism
caption_attribution_description: English: James Bond island, Thailand
context_page_description: James Bond fandom is an international and informal community drawn together by Ian Fleming's James Bond series. The fandom works through the use of many different forms of media, including fan clubs, web sites and fanzines.
  Various Bond film shooting locations have become fan tourism locations.
context_section_description: Several Bond film settings have become fan tourism destinations.
  Ko Tapu found fame through the 1974 film The Man with the Golden Gun. It is now often known as James Bond Island and is toured by as many as 1,000 visitors per day.
  Other fan tourism destinations include the Contra Dam in Switzerland, the Rock of Gibraltar, the Meteora monasteries, and Jamaica's Green Grotto Caves. Following Scotland's presence in Skyfall, CNN Travel named it the world's top travel destination for 2013.
  In 2012, Great Britain's tourism board announced an initiative encouraging Bond tourism there, with the slogan "Bond is Great Britain."
  Some travel agencies have organized a subdivision to create tours specifically highlighting iconic landmarks in the world of James Bond. where Fleming worked and lived, uncovering HQs of the intelligence communities, SOE, SIS,MI5 and MI6.
  The Fleming Collection is a collection of art founded by Ian Fleming's grandfather, Robert.  In 2008, the centenary of the author's birth, the gallery exhibited the cover art for the various editions of the James Bond books.  This attracted much attention from fans. A parallel exhibition at the Imperial War Museum likewise attracted Bond buffs.
caption: James Bond Island
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