The International Journal of Contents Tourism is an
open-access Scholarly journal exploring the phenomenon of "contents tourism".
The International Journal of Contents Tourism is an open-access scholarly journal exploring the phenomenon of ‘contents tourism’. Contents tourism is travel behaviour motivated fully or partially by narratives, characters, locations and other creative elements of popular culture forms, including film, television dramas, manga, anime, novels and computer games. The concept originated in Japan and is closely related to what is known as film-induced tourism or media-induced tourism in English.
IJCT publishes articles of various lengths, from original research papers through to short blog entries. It is based at Hokkaido University and the editors-in-chief are Professor Takayoshi Yamamura (Center for Advanced Tourism Studies, Hokkaido University) and Professor Philip Seaton (Institute of Japan Studies, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies).
IJCT has three main aims:
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FromChristopher P. Hood
Harry Potter was not only filmed in studios. There are many places around London and other parts of the UK used as locations. I am from London and have... more
FromPhilip Seaton
On a recent trip to Chicago for a conference, I decided to check out the location of the building where the siege in The Negotiator took place. I've wa... more
FromPhilip Seaton
I may be smiling in this photo, but I wasn’t feeling the happiest. I had just walked from Shinjuku station to find the Park Hyatt Hotel where Lost in... more
FromMaree Thyne
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