Movie Tourism
Setting the Scenes

If you're a film buff, movie tourism is a great way to see the world - your way.

Beware, though - not every film is shot on location so first make sure those canals were in Venice and not in a backlot in a studio somewhere.

Chasing the film: a round-the-world adventure

Lets say you decided to travel around the world on a pilgrimage to movie locations. This is what part of your movie tour might look like:

Harlem (American Gangster) Mr. 119th Street via Flickr CC	Notting Hill Ewan-M via Flickr CC

Cahir Castle, Ireland (Braveheart) Kevin Lawver via Flickr CC	The Louvre (Da Vinci Code) Naixn via Flickr CC

Venice (The Talented Mr Ripley) JParise via Flickr CC	Vienna (The Third Man) library_mistress via Flickr CC

Prague (The Bourne Identity) rachel_thecat via Flickr CC	Matmata, Tunisia (Star Wars) Veronique Debord via Flickr CC

Wadi Rum (Lawrence of Arabia) RTPeat via Flickr CC	Lower Egypt (Death on the Nile) timkeylley via Flickr CC

Shaba National Park (Out of Africa) Photo: Annet Rijk	Red Square (From Russia With Love) magical-world via Flickr CC

Shah Rukh Khan (Many Bollywood movies!)	Tokyo (Lost in Translation) y_katsuuu via Flickr CC

Koh Phi Phi (The Beach) Lynt via Flickr CC	Sydney (Mission Impossible 2) Cowboy Dave via Flickr CC

Mt. Egmont, NZ (Lord of the Rings) NnYSeb via Flickr CC	Casa Rosada, Buenos Aires (Evita) FreddieL via Flickr CC

Las Vegas (Oceans Twelve) .craig via Flickr CC	Kings Cross Stn (Harry Potter) kawanet via Flickr CC

There are few countries in the world without some kind of movie tourism opportunity so if you're a film buff, you could spend your entire trip traveling from take to take.

On location: movie tourism as you go

Touring the world in the search for movie locations might be a bit much - but if you're backpacking, you might just want to stop off for a quick tour.

Here are a few well-known movie locations that offer guided tours: 

• Tunisia: Star Wars Tour
• New York City: Sex and the City Tour
• England and Scotland: Harry Potter Tours
• Salzburg, Austria: Sound of Music Tours
• London: James Bond Tours

And then there are films which may be about a place, though not necessarily filmed there. You might not be watching the real thing, but you might still be inspired to visit it.

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