- Title
- Australian film tourism : A case study on what is at stake
- Creator
- Backer, Elisa; Owen, Richard
- Date
- 2016
- Type
- Text; Conference paper
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/156350
- Identifier
- vital:11417
- Identifier
- ISBN:978-0-98705079-3
- Abstract
- The film industry plays an important cultural and economic role in Australia. Feature film production in Australia is undergoing significant change with established filmmaking structures becoming less viable. From a tourism perspective, films can play an important role to host destinations, with promotion around a film resulting in interest from tourists to absorb themselves in the location in which a film was shot. Research into film tourism has increased in the past two decades but has focused on major box-office films. This paper adopts a case study approach to assess the benefits associated with a micro-budget feature film in Australia. This paper contributes to the growing literature in film tourism, and also offers useful insights to Destination Marketing Organisations and Councils in Australia. Of note, a successful micro-budget model could underpin a reconstruction of Australia‘s film industry and assist a generation of young filmmakers with extraordinary collaborative orientation to transform a neglected area of opportunity into an active and vibrant film category.
- Relation
- 26th Council for Australian Tourism and Hospitality Education Annual Conference; Sydney, Australia; 8th-11th February 2016; published in CAUTHE 2016 Conference Proceedings - The changing landscape : The impact of emerging markets and destinations p. 765
- Rights
- Unknown
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- Film tourism; Regional communities; Micro-budget films; Australian film industry
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