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Fresh Reads: Film, Travel, Screen Tourism & Marketing

A mix of latest stories from our news and insights on film, tourism and destination marketing sections.

Spotlight on Film and Screen Tourism News

From film sets to tourist hotspots: The Latest news, campaigns and developments in Screen Tourism, Film industry and wider tourism sector.
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Screen Tourism News Roundup: The Odyssey Effect, Festival…

From new screen-tourism trails and destination campaigns to festival discoveries, The Odyssey travel effect and the growing influence…

Castello di Santa Caterina on Favignana, a filming location for Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey
Favignana Builds a Permanent Tourism Legacy Around The…

At a Glance The Sicilian island of Favignana is moving to turn its starring role in Christopher Nolan’s…

Dobby’s Grave fan memorial at Freshwater West beach in Pembrokeshire, Wales
Harry Potter fans helped divert a £430m power…

Harry Potter fans helped divert a £430m power cable away from Dobby’s Grave in Wales, revealing how fandom…

Acrocorinth fortress in the Peloponnese, one of the filming locations for Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey
The Odyssey Effect: Peloponnese Moves Quickly to Convert…

A new Homer-themed route, AI search strategy and rising international demand are turning Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey into…

Basalt cliffs and coastline on Northern Ireland's Causeway Coast, featured in Tourism Ireland's screen tourism campaigns.
Tourism Ireland Turns to Television Co-Productions to Showcase…

Tourism Ireland’s latest overseas tourism update showcases four celebrity-led television series supported by its International Programming Ireland Fund,…

St Vincent Street in Glasgow, used as a Manhattan filming location in Spider-Man: Brand New Day.
Could Spider-Man’s Global Success Become Glasgow’s Next Screen…

Spider-Man: Brand New Day gives Glasgow around 15 minutes of screen time as Manhattan. Could the Marvel blockbuster…

Destinations in Focus

Insights and Trends

Unpacking strategic insights and trends on film, screen tourism, and the wider film and travel Industries
Two travellers using a mobile map while driving, illustrating how digital mapping supports trip planning and navigation.
Google Street View: destinations have more control than…

Destinations have more control over Google Street View than many may realise. They don’t have to wait for…

Castello di Santa Caterina on Favignana, used as Ithaca in The Odyssey.
What Google Maps Is Already Telling Us About…

One month after the release of The Odyssey, an analysis of 1,460 Google Maps reviews across three Favignana…

Pedestrians walking along a busy shopping street in Seoul, South Korea, lined with Korean shop signs and restaurants.
South Korea Turns Dailycation Research Into a Sound-Led…

How the Korea Tourism Organization turned behavioural research into a bold tourism campaign, using the everyday sounds of…

Audience seated in a cinema auditorium before a screening
DCM Upfronts 2026: The Hidden Value of Cinema…

What does DCM’s Upfronts 2026 report reveal about cinema advertising? We examine the evidence on attention, memorability and…

A bright orange “Marty Supreme” blimp crosses the sky while stylised ping-pong balls fall beneath it, with a cut-out image of Timothée Chalamet in the foreground reacting to the scene.
What Marty Supreme Reveals About the New Era…

Actor Timothée Chalamet dropped into a marketing meeting for his new film Marty Supreme and over the next…

Two people sit on a sofa facing a smart TV screen with a red streaming interface in a dim living room.
How Streaming Behaviour Is Changing: Insights from Emarketer’s…

The Emarketer CTV and Streaming Advertising Trends 2026 Summit this November looked at how viewer behaviour in the…