From the “White Lotus effect” and “Outlander tourism” to the Ok-pop drama Crash Landing on You inspiring getaways to Switzerland, the display screen has turn out to be a reasonably persuasive journey agent. More and extra, which means vacationers aren’t simply reserving holidays; they’re reserving journeys to locations they first fell for onscreen.
Whether it’s followers chasing their very own Emily in Paris second within the City of Light or Heated Rivalry devotees attempting to e book the true cabin from the present, the affect is difficult to overlook. Even Christopher Nolan’s not-yet-released The Odyssey is already driving curiosity in its filming places within the Peloponnese in Greece. As Cathy Whitlock, writer of the upcoming On Location: Cinematic Journeys to the World’s Most Iconic Film Locales (Quarto Books), says, “People want to step inside the story. Film and television don’t simply showcase locations — they mythologize them. We often travel not just to see a place, but to inhabit the version that cinema first imagined for us.”
The influence is actual. According to Expedia, set-jetting — because the development of Hollywood-influenced journey is understood — is projected to turn out to be a possible $8 billion business within the United States. Among Gen Z and millennial vacationers, 81 p.c say they plan journeys based mostly on what they’ve seen onscreen, whereas 53 p.c of vacationers say their want to take a set-jetting journey has elevated. “People are chasing stories and feelings,” says Nicky Kelvin of journey web site The Points Guy. “It all becomes more real and accessible.”
Studios and streamers have observed. “Film and TV productions are chasing different visual looks now. We will see more productions using locations as a way to bring in audiences in an aspirational way,” says Theresa Kang, CEO and founding father of Blue Marble Pictures and Blue Marble Management.
While set-jetting could also be booming, it’s hardly a brand new phenomenon. As THR’s listing of 100 locations made well-known by movies and TV exhibits makes clear, the impact goes again to classics like Roman Holiday, La Dolce Vita, Blue Hawaii and The Sound of Music. The itinerary, in different phrases, has been constructing for a very long time.
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Amélie (2001)
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Café des Deux Moulins (Paris)
At the nook of 15 Rue Lepic in Montmartre, this bistro with vivid purple awnings is the place the romantic comedy’s protagonist, Amélie Poulain, labored as a shy, quirky waitress. It has been a magnet for vacationers looking for out “Amélie’s café” ever since.
And God Created Woman (1956)
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Pampelonne Beach (Saint-Tropez, France)
Frolicking on Pampelonne Beach in And God Created Woman, Brigitte Bardot helped propel Saint-Tropez from a sleepy fishing village into one of many world’s most well-known luxurious playgrounds. Bardot additionally helped launch one of many world’s best-known eating places after asking a neighborhood couple, the de Colmonts, to cater for the movie’s forged and crew. They went on to open Le Club 55 on Pampelonne, which over the many years has drawn visitors together with Alain Delon, Princess Diana, Leonardo DiCaprio and Beyoncé.
The Bachelor (2002) and The Bachelorette (2003)
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Villa de la Vina (Agoura Hills, California)
For greater than 20 years, the Bachelor Mansion has served because the backdrop for a few of actuality TV’s most recognizable rituals — limo arrivals, rose ceremonies and dramatic engagements watched by tens of millions every week. The 10,000-square-foot property in Agoura Hills, often known as Villa de la Vina, is privately owned however has turn out to be a drive-by landmark for followers. But the true set-jetting occurs past the mansion’s gates. Each season whisks contestants to far-flung locations — from Fiji and Thailand to Iceland, South Africa and the Maldives — every showcased like a shiny journey reel that usually interprets into real-world bookings lengthy after the ultimate rose is handed out.
The Beach (2000)
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Maya Bay (Ko Phi Phi Leh, Thailand)
After showing in Leonardo DiCaprio’s journey drama The Beach, Maya Bay in Thailand’s Phi Phi islands lured swarms of vacationers desperate to expertise the crescent-shaped paradise captured onscreen. It quickly turned a poster youngster for the prices of overtourism. In 2018, with roughly 5,000 to six,000 vacationers arriving every day, Thai officers closed the realm to permit the ecosystem to get better. It reopened 4 years later with stricter limits, together with a ban on swimming to guard the coral reef and resident blacktip reef sharks.
The Bear (2022)
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Mr. Beef (Chicago)
No-frills and recognized for one of many metropolis’s most iconic sandwiches, Mr. Beef on Orleans Street in Chicago’s River North neighborhood impressed the fictional store on the middle of The Bear and seems within the collection’ exterior photographs. Following the present’s breakout success, the family-run stand noticed enterprise greater than double, with every day sandwich gross sales leaping from roughly 300 to greater than 800. The surge has turned the longtime native favourite right into a cult vacation spot, with traces stretching down the block from open to shut.
Before Sunrise (1995)
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Café Sperl (Vienna)
The attraction of Before Sunrise lies in its deal with strolling, speaking and experiencing a metropolis over the course of a single night time. After assembly serendipitously, Jesse (Ethan Hawke) and Céline (Julie Delpy) spend time at Vienna’s Café Sperl, a standard Austrian café established in 1880 and steeped in Old World Viennese attract. The café serves because the setting for a memorable scene through which the characters play-act making telephone calls. In the many years because the movie’s launch, it has developed a passionate cult following, and Vienna continues to draw vacationers desperate to expertise its romantic backdrop. Other defining places featured in Before Sunrise embody Zollamtssteg Bridge, Alt & Neu Records and the Viennese Giant Ferris Wheel.
Big Little Lies (2017)
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Lovers Point Park (Pacific Grove) and Bixby Bridge (Big Sur, California)
Big Little Lies introduced a brand new wave of consideration to California’s coastal havens of Pacific Grove and Big Sur. Visitors hunt down Lovers Point Park in Pacific Grove, the location of the present’s Blissful Drip Café, in addition to Big Sur’s well-known Bixby Bridge, which seems within the opening credit.
Blue Hawaii (1961)
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Coco Palms Resort (Wailua, Kauai) and Waikiki Beach (Oahu, Hawaii)
Two years after Hawaii turned a state, Elvis’ Blue Hawaii — the Tenth-highest-grossing movie of 1961 — helped popularize the islands as an irresistible tropical paradise. Filming befell on Oahu at Waikiki Beach and on Kauai at Coco Palms Resort, the place Elvis’ Chad Gates will get married within the movie’s finale. The resort, which had beforehand been featured within the 1953 Rita Hayworth movie Miss Sadie Thompson, was destroyed by Hurricane Iniki in 1992. Plans to redevelop the property have but to return to fruition.
Braveheart (1995)
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Trim Castle (County Meath, Ireland)
Though set in Scotland, Mel Gibson’s Academy Award-winning epic was filmed largely in Ireland, placing historic websites like Trim Castle on vivid show. Today, followers of the movie proceed to go to the twelfth century landmark in hopes of stepping, nevertheless briefly, into the world portrayed onscreen.
Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961)
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Tiffany & Co., Fifth Avenue (New York City)
Women in little black clothes nonetheless comply with the fashionable template set by Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany’s, and guests to New York proceed to flock to the Tiffany & Co. flagship on Fifth Avenue and 57th Street, the place Holly Golightly famously paused with espresso and a pastry to admire the window shows. The movie later impressed the opening of the Tiffany Blue Box Café in 2017, the place guests can even have breakfast and pastries like Holly. Some superfans nonetheless arrive dressed as her, photographer in tow, to pose in entrance of the home windows. In February 2026, it was introduced that Lily Collins is ready to comply with in Hepburn’s footsteps in a movie in regards to the making of the unique.
Breaking Bad (2008)
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Twisters Burgers and Burritos (Albuquerque, New Mexico)
More than a decade after Walter White’s final stand, Albuquerque stays a pilgrimage web site for Breaking Bad devotees, with many followers heading to the Isleta Boulevard location of the Twisters chain, which performed Gus Fring’s Los Pollos Hermanos. Other stops on the Breaking Bad itinerary embody the Mister Car Wash on Snow White Circle, which doubled as A1A Car Wash; the Crossroads Motel, which performed the Crystal Palace; and even the precise residence used as Walter White’s home — although it’s privately owned, so guests are urged to be respectful.
Bridgerton (2020)
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Royal Crescent (Bath, England)
The “Bridgerton effect” has made its mark within the U.Ok. and past, influencing style, life-style, design and journey traits. One of the present’s most recognizable places is Royal Crescent in Bath, a virtually 500-foot row of Georgian homes the place the fictional Featherington household lives, at No. 1 Royal Crescent. Bridgerton followers have descended on Bath for lodge stays, afternoon teas and strolling excursions in the hunt for Regency-era vibes.
Call Me by Your Name (2017)
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Piazza del Duomo (Crema, Italy)
Set in 1983, the coming-of-age romance dreamily evokes the attract of northern Italy’s Lombardy area. Signature scenes have been filmed across the city of Crema, together with in Piazza del Duomo, in entrance of Crema Cathedral, the place Elio (Timothée Chalamet) and Oliver (Armie Hammer) sit at a café. Following the movie’s launch, tourism reportedly elevated in Crema, in addition to in close by Bergamo and Moscazzano, the place a personal villa served because the Perlman household’s dwelling.
Chungking Express (1994)
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Chungking Mansions (Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong)
Wong Kar-wai’s Chungking Express captures Hong Kong’s underbelly via a dizzying, trendy lens, and Chungking Mansions sits on the middle of it. The 17-story advanced, initially deliberate as a residential constructing, developed right into a hub of tiny lodge rooms, meals stalls, outlets and maze-like corridors. Wong himself described it as a “mass-populated and hyperactive place that served as a metaphor for Hong Kong itself.” For followers of the cult favourite, visiting the gritty block of buildings can really feel like a pilgrimage.
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
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Devils Tower (Wyoming)
Towering over the Belle Fourche River Valley in northeastern Wyoming, the 1,267-foot Devils Tower National Monument turned a pop-culture icon after serving because the extraterrestrial touchdown pad within the closing act of Steven Spielberg’s Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Its hanging vertical columns and otherworldly silhouette proceed to attract a gradual stream of hikers, climbers and sci-fi devotees to the Black Hills.
Crash Landing on You (2019)
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Iseltwald Pier (Bern, Switzerland)
The South Korean rom-com, which took the world by storm in 2019, follows an heiress who unintentionally paraglides into North Korea and falls in love with a army officer. Its Swiss scenes put a highlight on Iseltwald, a tiny village on Lake Brienz with roughly 400 residents. After vacationers descended in town, a turnstile was put in in 2023 on the dock the place Ri Jeong-hyeok is seen enjoying the piano; guests now pay an entry charge of 5 Swiss francs.
Crazy Rich Asians (2018)
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Marina Bay Sands (Singapore)
This main filming location for the romantic comedy was already a landmark in Singapore. Its fame rose to a different degree after the movie’s launch, with an uptick in searches, social media mentions and bookings. The 57-story, triple-tower resort with 1,850 rooms is dwelling to the world’s largest rooftop infinity pool and served because the setting for the movie’s closing engagement scene.
Dallas (1978)
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Southfork Ranch (Parker, Texas)
Over 13 seasons, Southfork Ranch’s white-painted exteriors performed the legendary dwelling of the Ewing household on Dallas. The present’s “Who Shot J.R.?” episode nonetheless ranks among the many most watched TV episodes ever. In 1984, Southfork drew 1 million vacationers, surpassing the Alamo’s customer rely that yr. Built in 1970 by Joe Duncan, who known as the property Duncan Acres, the ranch was offered in 1985 and developed into the conference and events center it’s at present. It is open every day for excursions, the place visitors can eat at Miss Ellie’s Deli and see Jock Ewing’s 1978 Lincoln Continental. The ranch even presents an in a single day bundle for followers who need to “Live and Dream Like a Ewing.”
The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
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Wollaton Hall (Nottingham, England)
This majestic Elizabethan hilltop mansion, constructed between 1580 and 1588, is greatest often known as the façade of Wayne Manor within the closing installment of Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy. Following the movie’s launch, the site — now operated as a museum by Nottingham City Council — turned a preferred vacation spot for followers, drawing greater than 100,000 further guests in 2014, two years after the film opened.
Downton Abbey (2010)
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Highclere Castle (Highclere, England)
Set on a 5,000-acre property, Highclere Castle was as a lot a personality on Downton Abbey as any member of the Crawley household. The grand Victorian mansion, which served because the household’s dwelling via six seasons and three movies, match the invoice completely. “We wanted a house that was majestic and projected the authority of the aristocracy in its era,” producer Gareth Neame instructed Elle Decor final yr. The citadel is open to the general public for excursions, and tickets typically promote out months upfront. Since 2014, Viking Cruises has offered packages that embody particular entry to the property.
Dr. No (1962)
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Laughing Waters Beach (close to Ocho Rios, Jamaica)
This oasis of tranquil waters and gentle sand achieved worldwide renown after Ursula Andress emerged from the ocean there in Dr. No, the primary movie within the James Bond collection. Bond devotees have been drawn to this Jamaican strand ever since. About a 30-minute drive east lies GoldenEye, the property — now a resort — the place Ian Fleming wrote all 14 of his Bond novels, making Jamaica the religious dwelling of the franchise.
Dune (2021)
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Wadi Rum (Jordan)
This valley of rusty-orange sand and sandstone mountains served because the backdrop for lots of the Arrakis scenes in each Dune (2021) and Dune: Part Two (2024). Dubbed “Hollywood’s Desert,” the Wadi Rum Protected Area, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, has additionally appeared in Lawrence of Arabia, Prometheus, The Martian and the live-action Aladdin. The Jordan Tourism Board has mentioned worldwide productions drove a 20 p.c surge in vacationer arrivals between 2017 and 2023. The Dune movies additionally shot sand-dune scenes in Abu Dhabi’s Liwa Desert, the place the forged and crew stayed at Qasr Al Sarab Desert Resort by Anantara. Abu Dhabi’s desert panorama will seem once more in Dune: Part 3 when it’s launched later this yr.
Eat Pray Love (2010)
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Tegallalang Rice Terraces (Ubud, Bali, Indonesia)
Eat Pray Love’s three-part journey of self-discovery unfolds throughout Italy, India and Indonesia. In the “Love” chapter, Bali’s scenic Tegallalang Rice Terraces seem within the scene through which Liz, performed by Julia Roberts, rides her bike alongside a winding path. The lush, layered rice fields sit about half-hour north of the city of Ubud and have been as soon as a quieter, extra off-the-beaten-path vacation spot. Since the movie’s launch, the realm has seen intense tourism visitors from vacationers looking for the religious, wellness-oriented and self-discovery experiences portrayed within the story.
Emily in Paris (2020)
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Place de l’Estrapade (Paris)
Just when it appeared Paris couldn’t be any extra idealized, Netflix’s Emily in Paris arrived in 2020 and ushered in a recent wave of vacationers. According to a 2024 research by market analysis agency Ifop Group, 10 p.c of holiday makers to Paris traveled due to a movie or tv collection, and of these, 38 p.c cited Emily in Paris as the explanation. Emily’s condo at 1 Place de l’Estrapade now attracts a gradual stream of photo-taking followers, whereas Italian eatery Terra Nera — which performs Gabriel’s restaurant on the present — has greater than 200 Google opinions referencing the collection. In December 2025, French President Emmanuel Macron awarded creator Darren Star the Legion of Honor, praising him for making “France shine across the world.”
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006)
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Shibuya Crossing (Tokyo)
What occurs if you shoot an adrenaline-pumping street-racing scene at one of many busiest crossings on this planet with out a allow? You get one of the iconic drifting photographs within the Fast & Furious franchise. In Tokyo Drift, the filmmakers have been decided to seize the uncooked vitality of Tokyo’s underground street-racing tradition, however securing a allow for Shibuya Crossing proved unimaginable. The scene was filmed guerrilla-style, serving to cement the intersection’s place in franchise lore and turning it right into a must-see web site for followers. Illuminated by billboards, a few of them in 3D, Shibuya Crossing sees as much as 3,000 pedestrians throughout a single green-light cycle.
In Robert Zemeckis’ greatest image winner, Forrest Gump tells his life story from a bus-stop bench in Savannah’s Chippewa Square. Although the bench itself was a film prop — considered one of them now resides within the Savannah History Museum — the sq. nonetheless attracts hundreds of holiday makers who come to see the location of the well-known “Life is like a box of chocolates” monologue.
From Here to Eternity (1953)
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Halona Beach Cove (Oahu, Hawaii)
Often known as “Eternity Beach,” Halona Beach Cove earned its nickname from From Here to Eternity, through which Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr’s kiss within the surf — waves crashing over them as they embrace on the sand — turned considered one of cinema’s most enduring photographs. Located simply off the Kalanianaʻole Highway, the cove is understood for its seclusion, dramatic lava-rock formations and the close by Halona Blowhole. More than seven many years later, it stays a beloved cease for movie followers and vacationers, lots of whom come to re-create that iconic second on its shore.
Frozen (2013)
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Akershus Fortress (Oslo, Norway)
Disney’s Frozen ignited a wave of curiosity in Norway, the nation that closely impressed the animated hit, from its fjord area to the town of Bergen and the northern reaches the place the aurora borealis paints the sky. In Oslo, the medieval Akershus Fortress helped encourage Arendelle Castle, with particulars in its design echoed within the movie. Bergen, in the meantime, served as a visible reference for Arendelle’s harbor city. After the film’s launch, journey to Norway from the United States jumped 37 p.c within the first quarter of 2014 in contrast with the identical interval in 2013, in response to Innovation Norway.
Game of Thrones (2011)
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Old Town (Dubrovnik, Croatia)
Die-hard Game of Thrones followers have flocked world wide to go to the HBO epic’s filming places, from Iceland and Spain to Northern Ireland and Morocco. But probably the most distinctive could also be Dubrovnik’s red-roofed Old Town, which stood in for King’s Landing. After tourism surged — full with Game of Thrones-specific strolling excursions — the town started strictly imposing a restrict of 8,000 individuals in Old Town at one time in 2017.
Gidget (1959)
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(Malibu, California)
When Sandra Dee’s Gidget caught her first wave, she didn’t simply turn out to be a cultural phenomenon — she helped launch a complete style. One of the earliest beach-party motion pictures, Gidget sparked a Sixties obsession with Southern California surf tradition that swept throughout America, turning longboards, seashore bonfires and sun-bleached shores into defining icons of the California dream. Malibu’s 21-mile stretch of shoreline has been a favourite of Hollywood ever since, with Pamela Anderson taking on the mantle in Baywatch and Keanu Reeves using its waves in Point Break.
Gladiator (2000) and Gladiator II (2024)
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Fort Ricasoli (Kalkara, Malta)
Malta stood in for Rome in each the unique Gladiator and its 2024 sequel. For every movie, a life-size reconstruction of the Colosseum was constructed inside Fort Ricasoli, an enormous fortification on the island’s Grand Harbour constructed by the Knights of Malta between 1670 and 1698. Even earlier than the second movie opened, a Screen Malta-organized tour of the set drew 33,000 guests in January 2024. The fort has additionally appeared in Game of Thrones, Cutthroat Island, Troy and Napoleon.
Gossip Girl (2007)
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Steps (New York City)
Any true Gossip Girl devotee is aware of the Met steps as Blair Waldorf’s lunchtime workplace, the place Queen B and her minions sat, schemed and dominated the Upper East Side — turning a staircase into considered one of tv’s most iconic backdrops and cementing the neighborhood’s picture as a shiny playground for Manhattan’s privileged youth. But the present’s footprint prolonged effectively past the UES. The Empire Hotel, the place Chuck Bass held court docket, nonetheless presents Gossip Girl-themed experiences on its rooftop practically 20 years later. The scandalous lives of Manhattan’s elite additionally performed out on the Lotte New York Palace, Bethesda Terrace in Central Park and Grand Central Terminal.
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
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Görlitzer Warenhaus (Görlitz, Germany)
Wes Anderson’s Oscar-winning comedy, centered on a concierge at a fictional European ski resort and his protégé, took major design inspiration from the colourful Czech spa city of Karlovy Vary and its 288-room Grandhotel Pupp. Much of the particular filming befell within the small German city of Görlitz, the place the vacant artwork nouveau Görlitz Department Store supplied the right setting for the film’s grand foyer and different lodge interiors. Since the movie’s launch, Görlitz has seen an inflow of holiday makers drawn by its picturesque streets and Anderson connection, with native companies now providing guided excursions of the filming places.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001)
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King’s Cross Station (London)
Muggles can’t truly board the practice to Hogwarts, however they will go to the storied Platform 9¾ at King’s Cross Station, one of the well-known landmarks from the beloved franchise. Harry Potter followers from world wide arrive in droves, forming every day traces for images with the everlasting half-trolley embedded within the wall. The web site attracts greater than 2 million guests a yr. Other notable filming places throughout the U.Ok. embody Northumberland’s Alnwick Castle, which stood in for Hogwarts within the first two movies, and Victoria Street in Edinburgh, broadly believed to have impressed Diagon Alley.
Heated Rivalry (2025)
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Barlochan Cottage (Muskoka Lakes, Canada)
Before the steamy romance Heated Rivalry turned a world phenomenon in late 2025, Ontario’s Muskoka area — dwelling to some 1,600 lakes — was already often known as the Hamptons of the North, luring celeb guests together with Justin Bieber, the Beckhams, Tom Hanks and Mark Wahlberg. Now, the realm has turn out to be recognized to a world TV viewers as effectively. In February, Airbnb reported that searches for properties in Muskoka have been up 40 p.c after the late-December finale, which was filmed on the real-life Barlochan Cottage, a three-bedroom glass-and-timber dwelling. It turned accessible to e book on Airbnb in March, with a launch charge of $248.10 Canadian an evening — a wink to the numbers on the characters’ jerseys. “I’m coming to the cottage” simply turned a actuality.
The storybook village of Shere in Surrey turned broadly recognized after showing in The Holiday, the romantic comedy starring Cameron Diaz and Kate Winslet, through which two heartbroken girls swap properties — one a Los Angeles mansion, the opposite a quaint English cottage. The cottage the place Amanda, performed by Diaz, stayed was a movie set, however followers nonetheless go to the city to experience its cottagecore attraction and cease by The White Horse pub, the setting for Amanda and Graham’s (Jude Law) first date.
Home Alone 2 (1992)
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The Plaza Hotel (New York City)
More than three many years after its launch, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York nonetheless ranks among the many highest-grossing Christmas movies of all time, and The Plaza Hotel — the place Kevin checks in and crosses paths with then-owner Donald Trump in a short cameo (later lower from a CBC airing, prompting Trump to complain that “the movie will never be the same”) — has absolutely embraced its legacy. The lodge’s “Home Alone: Fun in New York” bundle begins with a four-hour non-public limousine experience with stops at websites from the movie, together with the Empire State Building, Rockefeller Center, Central Park, Carnegie Hall and Radio City Music Hall — plus a cheese pizza en route. Back on the lodge, visitors are handled to an over-the-top, 16-scoop ice cream sundae delivered by way of room service, recreating Kevin’s legendary suite life. The bundle runs $3,250 per night time, with demand surging every vacation season.
House of the Dragon (2022)
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Monsanto Village (Beira Baixa, Portugal)
This hilltop village — named the “Most Portuguese Village in Portugal” in a government-sponsored 1938 competitors — gained worldwide visibility when it performed Dragonstone, the ancestral dwelling of House Targaryen, within the HBO collection. Local excursions now reference Dragonstone by identify, inviting guests to discover the city’s slender cobblestone lanes, properties wedged between big boulders and the stays of a twelfth century Templar citadel.
The Hunger Games (2012)
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Henry River Mill Village (Hickory, North Carolina)
Abandoned because the Nineteen Seventies, Henry River Mill Village within the North Carolina foothills provided the right setting for The Hunger Games’ District 12, the awful, coal-dusted enclave Katniss Everdeen known as dwelling. The derelict textile-mill village — about an hour east of Asheville — was primarily a ready-made set, requiring virtually no dressing. Today, the village presents guided excursions of filming places, together with the outdated firm retailer, which doubled because the Mellark household bakery. Fans searching for a extra immersive expertise may even keep in a single day in House No. 12, a restored 1905 mill cottage. “People come for The Hunger Games, but they stay for the history,” village proprietor Calvin Reyes, who bought the property in 2017, instructed The Associated Press.
Ironically, one of the efficient tourism campaigns Belgium has ever had got here from a movie whose lead character, performed by Colin Farrell, overtly despises Bruges. In Bruges left a long-lasting impression on audiences and piqued curiosity in regards to the medieval canal metropolis, recognized for its cobblestone streets, gothic structure and fairy-tale waterways. Markt Square sits on the metropolis’s coronary heart, lined with colourful, centuries-old buildings and the towering Belfry of Bruges, a 272-foot UNESCO World Heritage Site with 366 steps that serves because the backdrop for the movie’s chase scene. Ahead of the discharge, the town ready for the inflow by producing 3,000 particular vacationer maps marking each capturing location. The movie’s influence speaks for itself: In 2008, Bruges had 3 million guests. In 2023, greater than 8.3 million individuals visited the town of fewer than 120,000 residents.
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
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Al Khazneh (Petra, Jordan)
The gorgeous rock-cut constructing Al Khazneh (“The Treasury” in Arabic) in Petra was constructed by the Nabataeans within the first century. It gained cinematic fame in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, through which it was depicted because the temple housing the Holy Grail, planting Petra firmly within the tourism creativeness. In 2024, a tomb beneath the Treasury was excavated, and archaeologists made a outstanding discovery: 12 skeletons, together with a ceramic vessel that reportedly bore a resemblance to the Holy Grail prop seen within the film. Last yr, greater than 582,000 individuals visited Petra, and tourism accounts for practically 20 p.c of Jordan’s GDP.
Interstellar (2014)
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Svínafellsjökull Glacier (Vatnajökull, Iceland)
The icy, desolate planet of Dr. Mann was shot on Iceland’s otherworldly-looking Svínafellsjökull Glacier (“Pig Hill Glacier”), a part of the better Vatnajökull ice cap, which covers about 8 p.c of the nation. In 2018, cracks have been detected within the mountain above Svínafellsjökull, and actions straight on the glacier have been closed for security. Today, guests can nonetheless expertise the glacial terrain via guided walks in safer surrounding areas or on close by glaciers. The glacier — which is melting and quickly retreating due to local weather change — has additionally appeared in Batman Begins and Game of Thrones, which filmed quite a few “North of the Wall” scenes there.
Jaws (1975)
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American Legion Memorial Bridge (Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts)
Steven Spielberg’s Jaws reworked idyllic Martha’s Vineyard into terror-stricken Amity Island, and greater than 50 years later, the island exhibits no indicators of shaking the affiliation. The American Legion Memorial Bridge, recognized to locals and followers alike as “Jaws bridge,” stays the island’s most visited movie landmark. To at the present time, guests leap into the waters under as an unofficial summer season ceremony of passage.
Jurassic Park (1993)
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Kualoa Ranch (Oahu, Hawaii)
Set on a 4,000-acre non-public nature reserve and dealing cattle ranch on Oahu, Kualoa Ranch is among the most recognizable backdrops within the Jurassic Park franchise. While lots of the unique movie’s lush jungle landscapes have been captured on Kauai, key scenes have been filmed at Kualoa, which has since turn out to be a magnet for followers. “Our top search terms on all the search engines are always Jurassic Hawaii, Jurassic Oahu,” Frank Among, director of gross sales and advertising and marketing at Kualoa Ranch, instructed KHON2 in 2018. “Like 80 percent of our search terms have to do with Jurassic. So, it has a huge effect.” Visitors come to discover the ranch’s huge inexperienced valleys by way of guided ATV excursions, horseback rides, ziplines and e-bikes, with devoted film excursions masking its most well-known filming places. The ranch has additionally appeared in lots of of different productions, together with 50 First Dates, Hawaii Five-0, Jumanji and Lost.
La Dolce Vita (1960)
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Trevi Fountain (Rome)
Federico Fellini’s La Dolce Vita stays a timeless invitation to Rome, with its Trevi Fountain scene enduring as one of the iconic moments in cinematic historical past. More than 10 million individuals visited the fountain in 2025, with peaks of round 70,000 a day in the course of the busiest intervals. Earlier this yr, a brand new 2 euro charge to get close to the fountain was instituted as a crowd-control measure.
La La Land (2016) and Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
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Griffith Observatory (Los Angeles)
Perched above Los Angeles with sweeping views of the town, Griffith Observatory has been a cinematic icon since James Dean’s Jim Stark arrived there on a fateful faculty journey in Rebel Without a Cause. Sixty years later, Damien Chazelle paid deliberate homage: In La La Land, Mia and Sebastian watch Rebel on the Rialto Theatre earlier than driving as much as the observatory for one of many movie’s most enchanting sequences, a dance among the many stars contained in the planetarium. Today, the artwork deco landmark attracts guests keen to face within the footsteps of each Jim Stark and Mia Dolan — two dreamers, many years aside, who regarded to the celebrities from the identical hilltop.
Taylor Sheridan’s Paramount+ drama in regards to the harmful, typically corrupt world of Big Oil made Fort Worth an unlikely star. The Fort Worth Stockyards’ twice-daily cattle drives, boot outlets and weathered saloons function prominently, as does Cattlemen’s Steak House, a 1947 establishment Sheridan bought and renovated throughout manufacturing. The metropolis has embraced the highlight: The tourism board printed an official filming places information, and followers have been flocking to the Stockyards and different settings from the present, together with the historic White Elephant Saloon and Bowie House, a luxurious lodge the place the present’s energy gamers congregate.
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001)
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Angkor Wat (Siem Reap, Cambodia)
Angelina Jolie’s portrayal of Lara Croft despatched vacationer numbers hovering at Angkor Wat, Cambodia’s crown jewel. Translated as “city temple,” the twelfth century advanced is the biggest spiritual monument on this planet and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The close by temple of Ta Prohm seems within the movie in a scene through which Lara pauses to select a white jasmine flower amid the ruins. Now broadly often known as the “Tomb Raider Temple,” it stays one of many space’s most visited websites. Enormous strangler fig roots develop untamed over the traditional stone partitions of the largely unrestored temple.
The Last of Us (2023)
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Canmore Main Street (Alberta, Canada)
The postapocalyptic HBO collection reworked the primary road of Canmore, a city within the Canadian Rockies, right into a dystopian stand-in for Jackson, Wyoming. Fans have since made the journey to relive the present’s snowy, desolate world — minus the zombies. Various different productions have additionally used the realm’s mountain landscapes, together with Brokeback Mountain, Legends of the Fall, The Revenant and Inception.
The Lion King (1994)
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Hell’s Gate National Park (Nakuru County, Kenya)
A National Geographic dreamscape nestled in Kenya’s Great Rift Valley, Hell’s Gate National Park closely impressed the landscapes of Disney’s The Lion King. The park’s towering Fischer’s Tower served because the mannequin for Pride Rock, the place Rafiki holds new child Simba aloft throughout “Circle of Life.” Travelers typically go to particularly to see the “real” Pride Rock, in addition to the steep-sided Hell’s Gate Gorge, which helped encourage the movie’s wildebeest stampede scene.
The Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001, 2002, 2003), The Hobbit trilogy (2012, 2013, 2014)
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Hobbiton Movie Set (Matamata, New Zealand)
The Lord of the Rings turned New Zealand into one of many world’s most sought-after set-jetting locations, and the definitive pilgrimage web site for followers is the Hobbiton Movie Set, situated on a 1,250-acre sheep farm in Matamata. It served because the filming location for the Shire in each the Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit trilogies. This immersive everlasting set up, that includes 44 Hobbit Holes and the Green Dragon Inn, presents each a normal tour and an inside Hobbit Hole expertise.
Lost in Translation (2003)
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Park Hyatt Tokyo (Tokyo)
Perched on the 52nd ground of Shinjuku Park Tower, the New York Bar at Park Hyatt Tokyo is a cinematic landmark. Immortalized in Lost in Translation as a logo of city melancholy, the bar — which seems out over the bustling streets of the Shinjuku district — has lately been refreshed as a part of a top-to-bottom renovation of the lodge.
Love Island (2015)
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Sa Vinyassa Villa (Mallorca, Spain)
The hit actuality collection Love Island U.Ok. has helped flip Mallorca into a good larger tourism draw, utilizing the Spanish island as its summer season backdrop since 2015. In current seasons, the motion has centered on Sa Vinyassa, a personal villa close to Sant Llorenç des Cardassar on the island’s east coast that followers can hire when filming just isn’t underway. In 2018, a research by journey company eDreams discovered a 23 p.c improve in British vacationers touring to Mallorca in contrast with the prior yr. The franchise’s journey pull has prolonged effectively past Spain: after Love Island USA arrange store in Fiji’s Mamanuca Islands, lodge searches there spiked 30 p.c in June 2025, the month season seven debuted.
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
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Namib Desert (Namibia)
Mad Max: Fury Road reimagined Namibia as a postapocalyptic wasteland, utilizing the Namib Desert — one of many oldest deserts on Earth — extensively for its large-scale chase sequences. In 2025, 10 years after the movie’s launch, journey firm Ker & Downey Africa launched an eight-day “Mad Max Safari Adventure” spotlighting Namibia’s dramatic landscapes.
Mamma Mia! (2008)
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Agios Ioannis Chapel (Skopelos, Greece)
Perched excessive above the Aegean Sea, this cliffside chapel on the island of Skopelos was the location of the marriage scene in Mamma Mia! It’s reached by climbing practically 200 steep steps, rewarded with sweeping, 360-degree views of the water. Following the movie’s launch, Skopelos skilled a sustained tourism surge as vacationers sought out the “Mamma Mia island.”
The Man With the Golden Gun (1974)
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Ko Ta Pu (Phang Nga Bay, Thailand)
After showing as Francisco Scaramanga’s hideout onscreen, Ko Ta Pu — a 66-foot limestone rock jutting out of Phang Nga Bay — turned endlessly often known as James Bond Island. Today, it ranks amongst Thailand’s most visited locations, drawing vacationers desperate to kayak, snorkel and discover the encircling sea caves.
One of Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol’s standout stunts discovered Tom Cruise scaling the outside of the Burj Khalifa, bringing recent consideration to the world’s tallest constructing. The sequence helped cement the two,272-foot tower as a must-see film landmark in Dubai, with guests flocking to the commentary deck on the 124th ground for a style of the vertigo-inducing view.
Money Heist (2017)
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Plaza del Callao (Madrid)
Plaza del Callao, within the middle of Madrid, is the place the Spanish present’s unforgettable banknote-shower scene was filmed, because the robbers rained money down on crowds to distract police. It stays one of the visited Money Heist places within the metropolis. Loyal viewers additionally hunt down the Spanish National Research Council constructing, whose exterior was used to painting the Royal Mint of Spain.
Normal People (2020)
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Trinity College Dublin (Dublin)
In the TV adaptation of Sally Rooney’s intimate novel, Marianne (Daisy Edgar-Jones) and Connell (Paul Mescal) enroll at Trinity College Dublin, the place key scenes within the collection have been shot. Fans proceed to go to the campus to retrace the characters’ steps, and the school noticed a then-record variety of functions in 2020 — up 11 p.c from the prior yr — within the wake of Normal People’s launch. A senior lecturer on the school instructed CNBC on the time that it was “quite possible” the present performed a task within the increase.
The Notting Hill Bookshop, Portobello Road (London)
The well-known blue door. The bookstore the place Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts first meet. The leafy streets with non-public gardens. Notting Hill created an indelible romantic picture of London’s actual Notting Hill neighborhood, dwelling to Portobello Road Market. Thousands of followers have since visited the Notting Hill Bookshop that impressed the one within the movie, and plenty of have even proposed there, impressed by the film’s immortal line: “I’m also just a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her.”
The Odyssey (2026)
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Messinia (Peloponnese, Greece)
Christopher Nolan’s extremely anticipated adaptation of Homer’s Greek epic is already producing set-jetting frenzy forward of its July launch. Starring Matt Damon as Odysseus, the movie was shot throughout the Mediterranean in addition to in Morocco, Iceland and Scotland. Key Greek places included the Peloponnese area, with Messinia, the fortress of Acrocorinth and Voidokilia Beach among the many most hanging settings. For vacationers trying to comply with in Odysseus’ footsteps, wellness resort Euphoria Retreat within the Peloponnese has curated a five-day “Odysseus Journey” that includes guided visits to close by Sparta and the Taygetos mountains, together with drama remedy, labyrinth meditation, bodywork and hammam classes.
One Day (2024)
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Parikia (Paros, Greece)
Emma and Dexter reconnect on the identical day yearly for 20 years, and viewers have been left gutted by the top of the 14-episode Netflix collection. Many have been additionally flights to Greece, the place the pair vacation within the whitewashed waterfront village of Parikia on the island of Paros. Within three months of the present’s February 2024 Netflix launch, searches for Airbnbs in Paros have been up by one-third. The present’s attain prolonged past Greece to Edinburgh, the place Emma and Dexter first meet on commencement night time. According to European rail-booking app Trainline, the Scottish capital noticed an 80 p.c spike in demand in the course of the month the collection debuted.
On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1968)
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Piz Gloria (Schilthorn, Switzerland)
Perched atop Schilthorn mountain in Switzerland’s Bernese Oberland, Piz Gloria is the 360-degree revolving restaurant made well-known in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service because the hideout of Ernst Stavro Blofeld. Piz Gloria was additionally the identify Ian Fleming gave Blofeld’s lair within the unique novel. After the film got here out, the restaurant adopted the identify, endlessly linking it to Bond lore.
Out of Africa (1985)
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Karen Blixen’s properties (Nairobi, Kenya)
The romantic epic Out of Africa had a long-lasting impact not solely on style, influencing runways for many years, but in addition on the worldwide creativeness of the luxurious safari, serving to spark enduring curiosity in journey to Kenya. The movie shot in numerous places throughout the nation, together with the primary farmhouse the place memoirist Karen Blixen lived in Kenya. The yr after the movie’s launch, a bigger dwelling the place she later lived opened to the general public because the Karen Blixen Museum in a suburb of Nairobi.
Outer Banks (2020)
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Hunting Island Lighthouse (Hunting Island, South Carolina)
Netflix’s Outer Banks is ready in North Carolina however filmed largely in and round Charleston, South Carolina, the place sun-soaked marshes, cobblestone streets and wild shoreline make for a seamless stand-in. Among the present’s most recognizable and most visited places is Hunting Island Lighthouse, the one publicly accessible lighthouse in South Carolina, although it’s presently present process restoration. Fans have additionally been making Pogue-inspired pilgrimages to Shem Creek in Mount Pleasant, the place lots of the boat scenes have been filmed, and to the historic streets of downtown Charleston, which double as Kildare County all through the collection.
Outlander (2014)
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Doune Castle (Stirling, Scotland)
Starz’s historic fantasy collection has had such an outsized impact on journey to Scotland that the phenomenon earned its personal nickname: “Outlander tourism.” Over eight seasons, the present filmed extensively throughout the nation, a lot in order that Go toScotland maintains an interactive map of greater than 40 filming places. Perhaps probably the most well-known is Doune Castle, which served as Castle Leoch, dwelling to Clan MacKenzie. By 2020, annual customer numbers had climbed to 142,000, up from simply 38,000 in 2013, and followers typically arrive in tartan and kilts dressed as their favourite characters. The citadel has additionally appeared in Ivanhoe, Monty Python and the Holy Grail and Game of Thrones, the place it stood in for Winterfell within the pilot.
Ozark (2017)
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Lake of the Ozarks (Missouri)
Netflix’s moody crime drama cemented Missouri’s Lake of the Ozarks within the nationwide creativeness. Creator Bill Dubuque drew on his personal summers working as a dockhand at Alhonna Resort and Marina, which impressed the Blue Cat Lodge, the lakeside hub of the Byrdes’ money-laundering operation. The present’s success helped flip the realm, recognized for its 1,150 miles of shoreline, into a world vacation spot the place followers come for a brush with Marty Byrde’s world and keep for boating, fishing and lengthy days on the water.
Peaky Blinders (2013)
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Black Country Living Museum (Dudley, England)
Opened in 1978, the Black Country Living Museum — an open-air museum devoted to the Industrial Revolution — supplied key backdrops throughout all six seasons of the British crime drama. Most famously, its boat dock and anchor forge function Charlie’s Yard on the present. The museum, unfold throughout 26 acres within the West Midlands, has absolutely embraced its Peaky Blinders id and hosts immersive “Peaky Blinders Nights” experiences.
Pretty Woman (1990)
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Beverly Wilshire Hotel (Los Angeles)
Pretty Woman — the Cinderella story of the ’90s — turned the Beverly Wilshire, A Four Seasons Hotel, into considered one of cinema’s most recognizable addresses. More than three many years later, followers nonetheless flock to the foyer and the close by outlets of Rodeo Drive to relive the movie’s most well-known scenes. The lodge has leaned into that legacy with its “Pretty Woman for a Day” expertise, which incorporates luxurious purchasing on Rodeo Drive and a keep in considered one of its signature suites. For vacationers desperate to step into the fantasy, packages begin at $100,000 with a four-night minimal.
The Princess Bride (1987)
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Cliffs of Moher (County Clare, Ireland)
Known within the movie because the Cliffs of Insanity, the Atlantic-facing cliffs of County Clare have been shaped greater than 300 million years in the past. Stretching practically 8.7 miles alongside the shoreline, they rise 702 toes above the ocean at their highest level. One of Ireland’s most breathtaking pure landmarks, the Cliffs of Moher draw greater than 1.5 million guests a yr, together with loads of followers quoting The Princess Bride.
Rocky (1976)
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Philadelphia Museum of Art Steps (Philadelphia)
Few fictional characters have left as everlasting a mark on an actual metropolis as Rocky Balboa has on Philadelphia. The 72 steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art — the place Rocky sprints to the highest and throws his arms broad within the movie’s iconic coaching montage — draw an estimated 4 million guests a yr, greater than twice as many because the Liberty Bell. The bronze Rocky statue on the foot of the steps, donated by Sylvester Stallone after filming, has its personal near-constant line. This spring, the museum will mark the movie’s fiftieth anniversary with a serious exhibition, Rising Up: Rocky and the Making of Monuments.
Roman Holiday (1953)
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The Spanish Steps (Rome)
This bedrock basic of the cinematic canon helped set up worldwide wanderlust for the Eternal City, with the Spanish Steps — the place Audrey Hepburn’s Princess Ann enjoys a gelato — turning into a serious draw for followers. Since 2019, although, guests haven’t been allowed to sit down and eat on the steps, a measure supposed to guard the historic staircase, which was constructed between 1723 and 1725.
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Omaha Beach (Normandy, France)
The 24-minute opening re-creation of the D-Day landings in Saving Private Ryan stays one of the intense and sensible portrayals of battle ever filmed. Though the sequence was shot on Ireland’s Curracloe Beach reasonably than in Normandy, the film impressed a wave of patriotic pilgrimages to Omaha Beach, the place the massive stainless-steel monument Les Braves honors Allied troops.
Schitt’s Creek (2015)
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Hockley Motel (Goodwood, Ontario, Canada)
Schitt’s Creek’s real-life counterpart is the quiet Ontario city of Goodwood, the place the once-wealthy Rose household makes do on the Rosebud Motel amid worn carpets and brown water dripping from the ceiling. The hamlet has turn out to be a vacationer magnet because the present first aired, and followers proceed to invest in regards to the destiny of the filming location — the shuttered Hockley Motel — and whether or not it should ever reopen for stays.
Sex and the City (1998)
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Magnolia Bakery (New York City)
Few exhibits have accomplished extra for New York City tourism than Sex and the City. Across six seasons, two movies and a reboot, it turned spots throughout city into must-visit locations for followers worldwide. When Carrie and Miranda shared cupcakes outdoors Magnolia Bakery in a single scene, they helped spark a world cupcake craze that the West Village store continues to be cashing in on — the bakery now sells “The Carrie Cupcake” in her honor. Nearly three many years later, Carrie’s brownstone on Perry Street stays one of the photographed façades within the West Village, whereas the present’s broader footprint — together with the Central Park Boathouse, the New York Public Library and quite a few eating places and bars — continues to attract followers throughout the town.
The Shining (1980)
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The Stanley Hotel (Estes Park, Colorado)
In 1974, Stephen King and his spouse checked in to the practically empty Stanley Hotel and located themselves wandering its corridors alone — an expertise that impressed his novel The Shining. Though Stanley Kubrick didn’t movie his 1980 adaptation there — many of the film was shot on a set in England — the Georgian Revival-style property within the Colorado Rockies attracts followers of each the novel and the movie. Room 217, the place King stayed, is the lodge’s most requested, and it presents a 60-minute Stanley Ghost Tour. In 2025, the property was acquired by a public-private partnership with plans for an growth that may add the Stanley Film Center, a hub for movie, artwork and cultural programming to incorporate a Blumhouse-curated horror movie museum — making certain that the Overlook’s real-life counterpart will hang-out vacationers for generations to return.
Shogun (1980)
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Himeji Castle (Himeji, Japan)
Known because the “White Heron Castle” for rooflines mentioned to resemble a heron withdrawing, Himeji Castle — a UNESCO World Heritage Site with origins courting to the 1300s — is the biggest and most visited citadel in Japan. Many Americans first noticed it onscreen when exterior photographs of the landmark stood in for Osaka Castle within the 1980 miniseries Shogun, starring Richard Chamberlain. The present impressed many viewers so as to add Japan to their must-visit listing, as has FX’s new adaptation of Shogun, which premiered in 2024. The new collection, nevertheless, was shot largely in British Columbia. Himeji Castle has additionally appeared within the 1985 movie Ran and the 1967 Bond film You Only Live Twice.
Sideways (2004)
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Santa Ynez Valley (Santa Barbara, California)
A single line of dialogue uttered by Paul Giamatti’s character in Sideways — “If anyone orders merlot, I’m leaving” — tanked merlot gross sales and despatched his most popular pinot noir hovering, a market shift that took years to reverse. The Oscar-winning movie’s influence on the Santa Ynez Valley was equally seismic. Within a yr, the tourism board had distributed 40,000 Sideways-inspired self-guided tour maps; 20 years later, the area’s vineyard rely has greater than tripled. “When Sideways was being filmed, we probably had around 100 wineries in Santa Barbara wine country,” Alison Laslett, CEO of Santa Barbara Vintners, tells The Hollywood Reporter. “Twenty years later, we now have well over 300 labels and around 74 different varieties.” The Santa Ynez Valley stays considered one of California’s most sought-after wine locations.
Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
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Dharavi Slums (Mumbai, India)
In the center of Mumbai lies Dharavi, one of many world’s largest and most densely populated slums, dwelling to just about 1 million residents. The space gained international recognition because the backdrop for Slumdog Millionaire, and following the movie’s launch, Dharavi turned considered one of India’s most visited locations. Today, guests are drawn there to be taught in regards to the neighborhood’s small-scale industries, together with leather-based, textiles, pottery and recycling. Slum tourism might be controversial, however quite a lot of tour firms function with a deal with giving again, making donations to native training, well being care and improvement initiatives.
The timeless basic, tailored from the Rodgers and Hammerstein Broadway musical in regards to the von Trapp household, launched the world to Austria — and particularly Salzburg, the City of Music. The metropolis’s baroque structure, wealthy musical historical past and gorgeous Alpine landscapes proceed to attract movie followers from across the globe looking for out The Sound of Music places. About 300,000 guests make the pilgrimage to Salzburg yearly, and 70 p.c of American guests say the movie was a essential purpose for his or her journey. Mirabell Gardens, laid out starting in 1687, is immortalized within the film when Maria and the youngsters sing and dance across the Pegasus Fountain in the course of the iconic “Do-Re-Mi” sequence.
Spirited Away (2001)
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Dogo Onsen (Matsuyama, Japan)
One of the important thing inspirations for the Aburaya bathhouse in Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Away, Dogo Onsen, on the island of Shikoku, is considered one of Japan’s most well-known pure scorching springs. Its three-level conventional picket bathhouse, Dogo Onsen Honkan, dates to 1894 and continues to attract followers desperate to soak within the mineral-rich waters that helped encourage an animated basic.
Squid Game (2021)
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Ssangmun-dong (Seoul, South Korea)
When Squid Game shattered Netflix viewing data in 2021, it helped spark international curiosity in visiting Seoul, together with the modest neighborhood of Ssangmun-dong, the place Seong Gi-hun and Cho Sang-woo grew up. Fans make a degree of visiting the Ssangmun Uicheon department of comfort retailer CU and Baegun Market, the location of Sang-woo’s mom’s fish stall.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) and Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)
Once a quiet crag with a historical past of monasticism courting from between the sixth and eighth centuries, Ireland’s Skellig Michael is now inseparable from its Star Wars legacy. The island’s look within the movies sparked a wave of tourism, with followers touring to expertise the distant and rugged panorama that performed Ahch-To, the birthplace of the Jedi Order and the location of Luke Skywalker’s exile. Boat operators supply seasonal excursions of the UNESCO World Heritage Site, and every day guests are capped at 180.
Succession (2018)
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Juvet Landskapshotell (Valldal, Norway)
The fourth and closing season of Succession had audiences dreaming of a visit to Norway. Juvet Landskapshotell, the location of the GoJo annual retreat, noticed every day web site views surge from about 500 to 18,500 — a 3,600 p.c improve — in a single day and have become absolutely booked for the summer season. “We realized Norway just has this exceptional landscape — like nowhere else in the world,” Succession producer Scott Ferguson mentioned in 2018 of the choice to movie there.
The intoxicatingly stunning villages of the Amalfi Coast draped throughout the cliffs type the aesthetic backdrop of Anthony Minghella’s psychological thriller, which was nominated for 5 Academy Awards. Standing in for the fictional city of Mongibello have been places in Positano and on the islands of Procida and Ischia. It is on the latter island, within the historic quarter of Ischia Ponte, that Tom Ripley (Matt Damon) will get off a bus, starting his Italian journey. Twenty-five years after the film helped spark tourism to Ischia, the 2024 Netflix collection Ripley created its personal set-jet impact. In the week after the present debuted, Airbnb reported a 93 p.c improve in bookings for the realm close to Atrani, one of the picturesque places seen within the collection.
Ted Lasso (2020)
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The Prince’s Head (London)
Ted Lasso mania unleashed a torrent of tourism to London’s leafy Richmond neighborhood, with The Prince’s Head on Richmond Green — which seems on the present because the fictional Crown & Anchor pub — turning into a magnet for American followers. The bench out entrance, the place Ted and Coach Beard sit, stays one of the photographed spots in Richmond.
Thelma & Louise (1991)
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Dead Horse Point State Park (close to Moab, Utah)
The closing scene of Thelma & Louise — two girls on the run, selecting freedom over give up as their Thunderbird sails off a cliff into the canyon under — stays considered one of cinema’s most unforgettable endings. Though the movie depicts the second as going down on the Grand Canyon, the spectacular gorge is definitely close to Dead Horse Point State Park outdoors Moab, Utah. The web site, now recognized amongst followers as Thelma & Louise Point, requires a bumpy drive down a mud highway to achieve — a becoming pilgrimage for considered one of cinema’s nice highway dramas.
Top Gun (1986)
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Kansas City Barbeque (San Diego)
Tucked into San Diego’s marina district, this unassuming barbecue joint discovered itself on the middle of one of the iconic movies of the Nineteen Eighties. The story goes that the movie’s location director stumbled upon the restaurant and advised it to director Tony Scott, who appreciated it sufficient to close it down for a day of filming. The bar seems in two of the film’s most memorable scenes: the “Great Balls of Fire” piano sing-along and the ultimate reunion between Maverick and Charlie. Today, Kansas City Barbeque absolutely embraces its position because the “Top Gun bar,” with floor-to-ceiling memorabilia, the unique piano nonetheless in place and a jukebox that performs “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’.”
The Traitors (2023)
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Ardross Castle (Scottish Highlands, Scotland)
The hit Peacock actuality competitors collection pitting the Faithful towards the Traitors has turned Ardross Castle into one of the well-known properties on this planet. Located 30 miles north of Inverness, the nineteenth century Scottish Baronial property — a personal occasions venue accessible for weddings, company gatherings and filming — hosts each the U.Ok. and U.S. variations of The Traitors. While the citadel itself just isn’t open for excursions, Pelorus Travel presents the subsequent neatest thing: a three-day Traitors-inspired expertise at one other non-public Scottish citadel.
True Detective (2014)
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Oak Alley Plantation (Vacherie, Louisiana)
Few exhibits have captured a way of place fairly like the primary season of True Detective, and followers have been chasing that ambiance throughout Louisiana ever because it aired. The pilot opens with detectives Cohle and Hart discovering a physique on the grounds of Oak Alley Plantation in Vacherie, a 200-year-old sugar plantation whose moss-draped oaks and sprawling grounds supplied the right Southern Gothic backdrop. It has since turn out to be an unlikely vacation spot for viewers drawn to the present’s eerie world. From there, guests head into the state’s wetlands, as a lot of the season’s most haunting surroundings was filmed alongside the Creole Nature Trail, a scenic byway chopping via marshland south of Lake Charles. Fort Macomb — the crumbling 1820s fortress that stood in for the sinister Carcosa temple — is closed to the general public however stays a degree of fascination for devoted viewers.
Twilight (2008)
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Forks, Washington, and Multnomah Falls (close to Bridal Veil, Oregon)
Set within the rain-soaked logging city of Forks, Washington, Twilight reworked the once-obscure neighborhood into a world phenomenon, drawing devoted Twihards from world wide. Much of the movie, nevertheless, was shot throughout neighboring Oregon’s dramatic landscapes. Among probably the most recognizable places is Multnomah Falls within the Columbia River Gorge, which seems in the course of the movie’s beloved baseball sequence. Other websites throughout Portland, Vernonia and Silver Falls State Park additionally stand in for Forks onscreen, turning the Pacific Northwest’s misty forests and dramatic surroundings right into a multistop pilgrimage for followers.
Under the Tuscan Sun (2003)
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Villa Laura (Tuscany, Italy)
The story of a divorced author who impulsively buys a run-down villa within the Tuscan countryside and rebuilds her life has impressed waves of viewers to dream of doing the identical. The movie’s anchor is Villa Laura, a quintessential seventeenth century ochre-washed Tuscan property simply outdoors the hilltop city of Cortona, which performed the position of the fictional Villa Bramasole. Restored after filming, it now welcomes guests, with 10 rooms accessible for weekly rental.
Old Mission San Juan Bautista (San Juan Bautista, California)
About 100 miles south of San Francisco, Old Mission San Juan Bautista — a Spanish colonial mission based in 1797 — served because the setting for the climactic scene in Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo. While the mission’s exterior, church and gardens seem onscreen, the movie’s vertigo-inducing bell tower was a cinematic invention created via matte work and set design. The mission stays a draw for Hitchcock devotees, who come to face within the place the place the movie’s haunting finale unfolds. Other key places — from the Palace of the Legion of Honor to Fort Point and Mission Dolores — lengthen the movie’s footprint throughout San Francisco.
Wednesday (2022)
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Cantacuzino Castle (Bușteni, Romania)
Cantacuzino Castle in Bușteni supplied the hanging exteriors for Nevermore Academy, the boarding faculty in Netflix’s hit collection. Completed in 1911 for Romanian aristocrat Prince Gheorghe Grigore Cantacuzino, the grand carved-stone neo-Romanian constructing is open to the general public. The manufacturing additionally shot in and round Bucharest, which noticed a 55 p.c improve in lodge searches in the course of the month of the collection’ 2022 debut, in contrast with the prior 4 weeks, in response to Expedia.
When Harry Met Sally … (1989)
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Katz’s Delicatessen (New York City)
Few eating places have been immortalized onscreen fairly like Katz’s Delicatessen on New York’s East Houston Street. The legendary deli — celebrated for its pastrami on rye lengthy earlier than Hollywood got here calling — turned the setting for considered one of cinema’s most quoted scenes, when Meg Ryan’s Sally famously faked an orgasm over lunch with Billy Crystal’s Harry. The desk is now marked by an indication hanging from the ceiling, and the restaurant stays filled with followers keen to sit down in Sally’s sales space.
When Life Gives You Tangerines (2025)
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Gimnyeong Seongsegihaebyeon Beach (Jeju Island, South Korea)
Netflix’s hit Ok-drama is an authorized sob-fest, following the lifelong love story of Ae-sun and Gwan-sik. It helped create international consciousness of South Korea’s Jeju Island with scenes set on this white-sand seashore on the island’s northern coast, the place Ae-sun’s mom works as a haenyeo, or feminine free diver.
The White Lotus (2021)
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San Domenico Palace Hotel (Taormina, Sicily, Italy)
With its intelligent mix of aspirational life-style and darkish satire, The White Lotus has been the poster youngster for the set-jetting phenomenon since its debut. After season one put a highlight on Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea, the property noticed a 425 p.c year-over-year uptick in web site visits and a 386 p.c improve in availability checks. When season two filmed in Sicily at San Domenico Palace, Taormina, a Four Seasons Hotel, the “White Lotus effect” escalated, with the lodge quickly booked out for six months — a sample that has largely continued. Season three, set at Thailand’s Four Seasons Resort Koh Samui, saved the journey juggernaut going: Hotels.com reported a 40 p.c improve in reserving curiosity for the resort, and Four Seasons rolled out White Lotus-themed cabanas and specialty cocktails throughout a number of properties. Next up: Season 4 travels to the South of France, checking in at Château de la Messardière in Saint-Tropez.
The Witcher (2019)
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Ogrodzieniec Castle (Podzamcze, Poland)
Netflix’s adaptation of Polish writer Andrzej Sapkowski’s fantasy collection discovered Ogrodzieniec Castle a perfect match for its monster-filled world. The ruined 14th century fortress was used because the setting for the Battle of Sodden Hill. Sitting alongside the Trail of the Eagles’ Nests, a climbing route that hyperlinks roughly 25 castles and watchtowers, the location has seen a gradual surge in foot visitors because the present’s launch, significantly in the course of the summer season months.
Wuthering Heights (2026)
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Yorkshire Dales (North Yorkshire, England)
Emerald Fennell’s free adaptation of Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights is already producing set-jetting buzz, with the Yorkshire Dales serving because the brooding backdrop to the tempestuous love story. “Go no matter the weather, it can be lovely and sunny, snowy, or windy. There is a deep, real magic to it,” The Points Guy’s Nicky Kelvin says of the dales. South of the realm lies the Brontë Parsonage Museum and household dwelling in Haworth.
Yellowstone (2018)
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Chief Joseph Ranch (Darby, Montana)
Set towards Montana’s sweeping landscapes, Yellowstone has fueled an ongoing tourism surge throughout the state since its debut in 2018. A University of Montana research discovered the present introduced 2.1 million guests and $730 million in spending in 2021 alone. Chief Joseph Ranch within the Bitterroot Valley — the family-owned working ranch that serves because the Dutton household dwelling onscreen — has turn out to be a bucket-list web site for followers, who can keep in a single day in cabins featured within the collection, with guided set excursions included. Yellowstone National Park has additionally seen a flood of latest guests drawn by the present, whereas Bozeman and Missoula have capitalized on the “Yellowstone effect” with themed excursions and experiences.
This story seems in The Hollywood Reporter’s 2026 Travel Issue. Click right here to learn extra.