History Main / TouristBump

* ''Literature/AnneOfGreenGables'': It's been said that as much as a third of all tourism to Prince Edward Island, Canada's smallest and least-populated province, is related to this book, which is set there.

* In ''Anime/YuriOnIce'', Yuri Katsuki's hometown of Hasetsu was based on the real city of Karatsu in the Saga prefecture of Kyushu. Tourism to Karatsu ''exploded'' thanks to fans of the series wanting to visit, and the city reveled in it, creating merchandise and tours just for them. They even named the protagonist Yuri the tourism ambassador for the city.

* ''Franchise/SailorMoon'': The Hikawa Shrine exists in real life (although real life has two Hikawa Shrines, and the first [[Anime/SailorMoon anime]] moved one to the location of the other). It's also a tourist spot for fans. Crown Game Center also ''used'' to exist but has since gone out of business and been replaced by a [=McDonalds=].
* ''Anime/YourName'': Itomori's RealLife inspiration, Hida City, Gifu Prefecture, [[http://en.rocketnews24.com/2016/11/26/city-that-inspired-settings-in-hit-anime-your-name-sees-unbelievable-boost-in-tourist-dollars/ has seen millions in tourist revenue]] from visiting fans.
* ''Anime/YuriOnIce'': After it was revealed that Yuuri's small hometown of Hasetsu was based on the real-life city of Karatsu, Saga, Japan, tourism ''exploded'' from fans, and the city reveled in it, creating merch and tours just for them. They even named the protagonist Yuuri the tourism ambassador for the city.
* ''Anime/ZombieLandSaga'': takes place in [[UsefulNotes/TheFortySevenPrefectures Saga Prefecture]], and it's frequently lampshaded how [[AliensInCardiff obscure the setting is]]. However, the series has successfully boosted tourism sales in Saga, particularly for Drive-in Tori, which is a real restaurant that the characters help advertise for in the series. Since the Saga prefecture government [[BackedByThePentagon was part of the production committee]], this may actually have been invoked.

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* ''Literature/HarryPotter'': While not the primary setting for the series, Kings Cross Station in London is an important location in the stories, as this is where the Hogwarts Express departs from the secret platform 9¾. The station now features an actual "entrance" to this platform, consisting of a sign and a cart that seems to vanish into the wall. It is a popular tourist attraction.

** Several years later, Norway saw another ginormous tourism boom thanks in part to Disney once again. More specifically, the absolute sensation that is ''Franchise/{{Frozen}}''.
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* ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'': The town of Forks, Washington has seen Washington, previously best known as a logging town, saw a 600% increase in tourism in the last few years, the height of the series' success, nearly all of it due to it being the main setting of the story. Tourism peaked in 2010 before settling back down at a rate still higher than before, such that the town passed a resolution in 2007 naming September 13, Bella Swan's birthday, Creator/StephenieMeyer Day (now the Forever Twilight in Forks Festival). There have even been a pair of documentaries, ''Twilight in Forks'' and ''Destination Forks'', made about how the town has been affected by this. The Twilight ''Twilight'' tourism has also rubbed off on neighboring towns, most notably La Push (home of Jacob Black and the Quileute tribe) and Port Angeles (the main town on the Olympic Peninsula, and where several scenes from the book took place).

* ''Film/{{Spectre}}'' is an interesting example: The Day of the Dead Parade scene attracted tourists to Mexico City who hoped to see it, only to find out that the parade isn't a real thing. [[{{Defictionalization}} Mexico then made it a real thing.]]

* ''Literature/LostHorizon'': an interesting case involving a non-existant places being turned into a real one. In 1933, James Hilton wrote a book called about a perfect utopia called Shangri-La. When Tibet realized that heavy logging of their old-growth forests was causing disastrous floods, they turned to tourism, found that it paid really well, and renovated a village, renaming it Shangri-La.

* ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'': The town of Forks, Washington has seen Washington, previously best known as a logging town, saw a 600% increase in tourism in at the last few years, height of the series' success, nearly all of it due to it being the their main setting of setting. Tourism peaked in 2010 before settling back down at a rate still higher than before, such that the series.town passed a resolution in 2007 naming September 13, Bella Swan's birthday, Creator/StephenieMeyer Day (now the Forever Twilight in Forks Festival). There have even been a pair of documentaries, ''Twilight in Forks'' and ''Destination Forks'', made about how the town has been affected by this. The Twilight ''Twilight'' tourism has also rubbed off on neighboring towns, most notably La Push (home of Jacob Black and the Quileute tribe) and Port Angeles (the main town on the Olympic Peninsula, and where several scenes from the book took place).

* ''Series/Supergirl2015'' was set in the U.S. in the fictional National City, but filmed in Vancouver, Canada, but there was interest in areas like Burnaby where they did occasional filming, an area that was previously better known for either being an industrial city, or notoriety for the [[MemeticMolester William Bennest pedophile scandal of 1996]], which it still has an association with even now, although over time the scandal is fading into obscurity.
* ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'': While most people first heard of Captain Kirk being born in Iowa in [[Film/StarTrekIVTheVoyageHome the fourth movie]] in 1986, it was actually first revealed in the book ''The Making of Star Trek'' in 1968. In 1985 the town of Riverside asked Creator/GeneRoddenberry for official authorization as the future birthplace of Kirk. Now there are many Trek related attractions in the area, including a big sculpture of the U.S.S. Enterprise.

* ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'': Shirakawa-go, the real life village Hinamizawa was based on, had to build a new shrine wall to accommodate all of the fans visiting the village.

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* ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'': The town of Forks, Washington has seen a 600% increase in tourism in the last few years, nearly all of it due to it being the main setting of the series. There have even been a pair of documentaries made (''Twilight in Forks'' and ''Destination Forks'') about how the town has been affected by this. The Twilight tourism has also rubbed off on neighboring towns, most notably La Push (home of Jacob Black and the Quileute tribe) and Port Angeles (the main town on the Olympic Peninsula, and where several scenes from the book took place).

* ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'': The town of Forks, Washington, previously best known as a logging town, saw a 600% increase in tourism at the height of the series' success, nearly all of it due to it being their main setting. Tourism peaked in 2010 before settling back down at a rate still higher than before, such that the town passed a resolution in 2007 naming September 13, Bella Swan's birthday, Creator/StephenieMeyer Day (now the Forever Twilight in Forks Festival). There have even been a pair of documentaries, ''Twilight in Forks'' and ''Destination Forks'', made about how the town has been affected by this. The ''Twilight'' tourism has also rubbed off on neighboring towns, most notably La Push (home of Jacob Black and the Quileute tribe) and Port Angeles (the main town on the Olympic Peninsula, and where several scenes from the book took place).

* ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'': The town of Forks, Washington has seen a 600% increase in tourism in the last few years, nearly all of it due to it being the main setting of the series. There have even been a pair of documentaries, ''Twilight in Forks'' and ''Destination Forks'', made about how the town has been affected by this. The Twilight tourism has also rubbed off on neighboring towns, most notably La Push (home of Jacob Black and the Quileute tribe) and Port Angeles (the main town on the Olympic Peninsula, and where several scenes from the book took place).

* ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'': The movies were all shot in UsefulNotes/NewZealand, which quickly became known as 'Home of Middle-earth' following the first movies release. The country still has many tourist attractions related to the movies.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsonsMovie'': 20th Century Fox invoked this trope by giving every town in America named Springfield the chance to host the premiere of the movie. The towns had to send in a film to explain why their Springfield was the best choice. The winner was Springfield, Vermont.

* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'': The city of Metropolis, Illinois, happens to share its name with the city the Man of Steel lives in [[note]]Though, as a small river town, it doesn't look like its fictional counterpart, which is more a stand-in for New York City[[/note]], and takes full advantage of this. On June 9, 1972, the Illinois State Legislature passed Resolution 572, declaring Metropolis, IL, the "Hometown of Superman". There is a Superman Museum, a 15-foot painted bronze statue of Superman in front of the county courthouse, and every year, on the second weekend of June, the city hosts the annual Superman Celebration, which is attended by fans from all over the world. Additionally, the local newspaper is the Metropolis Planet, there is a statue of Noel Neill as Lois Lane (and [[ObligatoryJoke a street of that name]]), and also a commemoration of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Steele_(paratrooper) the real Man of Steele]]

* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'': The city of Metropolis, Illinois, happens to share its name with the city the Man of Steel lives in [[note]]Though, as a small river town, it doesn't look like its fictional counterpart, which is more a stand-in for New York City[[/note]], and takes full advantage of this. On June 9, 1972, the Illinois State Legislature passed Resolution 572, declaring Metropolis, IL, the "Hometown of Superman". There is a Superman Museum, a 15-foot painted bronze statue of Superman in front of the county courthouse, and every year, on the second weekend of June, the city hosts the annual Superman Celebration, which is attended by fans from all over the world. Additionally, the local newspaper is the Metropolis Planet, there is a statue of Noel Niell as Lois Lane (and [[ObligatoryJoke a street of that name]]), and also a commemoration of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Steele_(paratrooper) the real Man of Steele]]

* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'': The city of Metropolis, Illinois, happens to share its name with the city the Man of Steel lives in [[note]]Though it doesn't look like its fictional counterpart, which is more a stand-in for New York city[[/note]], and takes full advantage of this. On June 9, 1972, the Illinois State Legislature passed Resolution 572, declaring Metropolis, IL, the "Hometown of Superman". There is a Superman museum, a 15-foot painted bronze statue of Superman in front of the county courthouse, and every year, on the second weekend of June, the city hosts the annual Superman Celebration, which is attended by fans from all over the world.

A [[GenreSavvy tourism-savvy]] city can (and often will) take advantage of this to give itself an additional gimmick to lure in tourists. Common tactics include opening a museum dedicated the work in question, openly using the work in advertisements for the city, or even erecting a statue.

* ''Series/Supergirl2015'' was set in the U.S. in the fictional National City, but filmed in Vancouver, but there was interest in areas like Burnaby where they did occasional filming, an area that was previously better known for either being an industrial city, or notoriety for the [[MemeticMolester William Bennest pedophile scandal of 1996]], which it still has an association with even now, although over time the scandal is fading into obscurity.

* ''Series/DocMartin'': Port Isaac in Cornwall received a substantial increase in viewers since it doubled as Portwenn, the main setting for the series.