Castello di Santa Caterina on Favignana, used as Ithaca in The Odyssey.

What Google Maps Is Already Telling Us About The Odyssey Effect on Favignana

One month after the release of The Odyssey, an analysis of 1,460 Google Maps reviews across three Favignana filming locations reveals the first signs of film-related interest, what visitors already value about the locations and where further screen-tourism opportunities may lie

Editorial collage representing screen tourism news, featuring a Trojan horse, steam train and British telephone box

Screen Tourism News Roundup: The Odyssey Effect, Festival Signals and Global Screen Tourism

From new screen-tourism trails and destination campaigns to festival discoveries, The Odyssey travel effect and the growing influence of creators, our latest roundup tracks the screen and tourism stories worth knowing from around the world.

Castello di Santa Caterina on Favignana, a filming location for Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey

Favignana Builds a Permanent Tourism Legacy Around The Odyssey

At a Glance The Sicilian island of Favignana is moving to turn its starring role in Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey into a permanent tourism attraction, with an exhibition celebrating the production set to open as early as October. The island and its 15th-century Castello di Santa Caterina stood in for exterior scenes of Ithaca, Odysseus’…

Acrocorinth fortress in the Peloponnese, one of the filming locations for Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey

The Odyssey Effect: Peloponnese Moves Quickly to Convert Global Film Interest into Tourism

A new Homer-themed route, AI search strategy and rising international demand are turning Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey into a major tourism test for the Peloponnese. This is how the region is moving to convert global film attention into routes, tours and a wider visitor economy.