• Dr. Gunjan Malik

Films play an eloquent role in customers’ decision making regarding choice of clothes, fashion, food and also the destination they want to travel. It has been proved by previous studies that when films are shot in a destination it boosts tourism. Government also offers various initiatives to promote film shooting so that tourism can be encashed. In this paper with the help of secondary data the status of film tourism has been identified in India as well as international destinations. The study found that films give a boost to tourism and various international destinations have been trying to woo Indian film makers to shoot at their locations. Even the ministry of tourism, government of India also gives incentives to filmmakers in order to promote film tourism.

film tourism, cinema, tourism, movies

"Cinema and Tourism", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 5, page no.580-582, MAY-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1805698.pdf

"Cinema and Tourism", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 5, page no. pp580-582, MAY-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1805698.pdf