Fan Tourism

Fan tourism is a wide umbrella and encompasses a range of other fannish activities and practices.
One common activity is the practice of traveling to locations of fannish significance: often film sets, landmarks or places featured prominently in a canon work, the birthplaces or cemetery of a creator or artist,Road-Tripping to Gene Kelly’s House: Fan Tourism on Rodeo Drive by Kelli Marshall for In Media Res. Published on March 3, 2017. Accessed on August 2, 2018. and so on. 
Fans may travel to real places featured by name in fictional works (e.g., Twilight fans visiting Forks, WAUnconditionally and Irrevocably In Love with Forks?: Fan Tourism and Twilight by Melissa N. Miller for In Media Res. Published on March 10, 2017. Accessed on August 2, 2018.), or travel to the active film sets of their favorite movie or TV show (e.g., Setlock). 
Fan websites provide information on filming locations for those who wish to visit either in person or virtually. For example, Merlin Locations has a thorough look at filming locations for the BBC series Merlin.
People may include things like traveling to museums, cons, or sporting events in their personal definitions of fan tourism. 
Some fans create albums comparing images from television and film and photos they have taken while visiting places used as film locations.Spent New Years Eve weekend photographing a bunch of filming locations in the Atlanta area 
In addition to more DIY and fan-driven practices of fan tourism, there is also a booming industryStar Wars awakens new wave of film tourism as its fans seek out locations by Jamie Doward for the Guardian. Published on December 26, 2015. Accessed on August 2, 2018. of organized fan tourism, such as Lord of the Rings tours in New Zealand,This Dreamy Destination Continues to Inspire Fantasy Writers by Carrie Miller for National Geographic. Published on January 3, 2018. Accessed on August 2, 2018. or Game of Thrones tours in CroatiaFan Tourism: Cult Gone Mainstream or Mainstream Gone Cult? by Abby Waysdorf for In Media Res. Published on March 7, 2017. Accessed on August 2, 2018.Game of Thrones Tours (Dubrovnik). Accessed on August 2, 2018. and Northern Ireland.Game of Thrones Tours (Ireland and Northern Ireland). Accessed on August 2, 2018.
==Fan Perspectives on Fan Tourism==
===Game of Thrones===
Fans experiences of Game of Thrones tourism in Dubrovnik, Croatia
===Hanson===
Fan experiences of visiting Tulsa, Oklahoma, hometown of Hanson for Hanson Day:
===Merlin===
Merlin Locations is a fan-created website created for fans interested in filming locations for the BBC series Merlin. The show was based in Cardiff, and made much use of the picturesque South Wales area, as well as other locations in Wales and England. The castle of Camelot was in reality the Chateau de Pierrefonds, an hour north of Paris, France, which has been a particularly popular place for fans to visit. 
Another popular location is the fantastical Puzzlewood, in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire. Puzzlewood has been credited with helping inspire J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth, and has also been used in filming Doctor Who (New Who) episodes and the Star Wars Sequel Trilogy.
==Academic Perspectives on Fan Tourism==
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Category:Fan Activities