Setjetting

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Set-jetting is the trend of traveling to destinations that are first seen in movies.[1] It is also referred to as a "Location Vacation". Touring London in a high-speed boat like James Bond, or visiting the stately homes that are seen in the Jane Austen films are good examples. The term is a play on jet-setting, or luxury travel by upper class society.

The term was first coined in the US press in the New York Post by journalist in 2008.[2] An analysis about the use of Geospatial technologies in setjetting was proposed by in The Cartographic Journal.[3]

Corporations, convention and tourism boards are exploiting the trend, 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[]

  1. ^ "Set Jetting, Location Vacations, Book Tourism & Detective Travel". Cosy Pursuits. 2017-06-17. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
  2. ^ Gretchen Kelly (2008-02-19). "Set Jetting". New York Post. Retrieved 2009-11-05.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Movie Map". visitbritain.com. 2016-06-21. Archived from the original on 17 June 2008.
  5. ^ Elizabeth the Golden Age. visitBritain.com/thegoldenage
  6. ^ a b Ellis-Petersen, Hannah (2018-10-03). "Thailand bay made famous by The Beach closed indefinitely". The Guardian. Retrieved 2018-10-25.


Stub icon

This tourism-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .

  • v
  • t
Retrieved from ""