Movie and literary tourism is a genre that has been recognized around the world for a long time but that has only recently got a grip on Sweden. More and more famous books are being cinematized and because of the success of these movies we can now walk in the traces of Wallander as well as the Millenniummovies. The focus of this study is mainly about the tourists’ motivation when it comes to this form of tourism and the purpose is to try understand what needs come in to play when a movie and literary tourism attraction is chosen. The study objects are two movie and literary walks which are based on books and movies with a fictitious storyline. The performed research was based on a multiple strategy with the qualitative method - consisting of respondent and informant interviews - in focus and the quantitative investigation - in the form of an one-page questionnaire - more as a complement. On the basis of the most fundamental theory of motivation in general (Maslow, 1970) and the tourism research’s more specific travel motivation theory (Pearce, 2005), the conditions for movie and literature as sorts of tourism have been made clear. Additionally, with the help of an additional motivation theory as well as several articles within the area of movie and literary tourism, this study has made an attempt to reach a more narrow theory for movie and literary tourism. The results from the research show that movie and literary tourism is a highly qualified tourism genre where the visitors’ needs are highly set and the motivation is primarily focused on self-development and the experience of new things. Also the possibility to exchange reality for a fictional surrounding and getting the opportunity to fantasize are highly prioritized motivation aspects. Movie and literary tourism is a big future area within the tourism industry, but before its potential can be fully understood and exploited, more research is needed. / Film- och litteraturturism är en genre som länge haft stort underlag i utlandet, men som först på senare år har fått fäste även i Sverige. Allt fler kända verk filmatiseras och blir till succéer och som en följd av detta kan vi idag vandra i så väl Wallanders som i Millenniumfilmernas spår. I denna studie ligger koncentrationen främst på turisternas motivation när det kommer till denna form av turism och syftet är att försöka förstå vilka behovsaspekter som spelar in när attraktioner baserade på film- och litteratur väljs. Fokus ligger på två film- och litteraturvandringar vilka bygger på böcker och filmer vars handlingar är rent fiktiva. Studien som utförts bygger på en flerfaldig strategi med den kvalitativa metoden – bestående av respondent och informantintervjuer - i fokus och den kvantitativa undersökningen – i form av en kortare enkät - mer som ett komplement. Utifrån den mest grundläggande teorin för motivation i allmänhet (Maslow, 1970) och turismforskningens mer specifika resemotivationsteori (Pearce, 2005) så har förutsättningarna för film och litteratur som turismart klarlagts, och med hjälp av ytterligare en motivationsteori samt flera artiklar inom området film- och litteraturturism har denna studie gjort ett försök i att nå fram till en mer avsmalnad teori kring just film- och litteraturturism. Resultatet av studien visar på att film- och litteraturturism är en högkvalificerad turismgenre där besökarnas behov är högt ställda och motivationen i första hand ligger i att utveckla sig själv och uppleva nya saker. Även möjligheten att byta ut verkligheten mot en påhittad omgivning och att få tillfälle att fantisera sig bort är högprioriterade motivationsaspekter. Film- och litteraturturism är ett stort framtida område inom turismen, men innan dess potential kan förstås och utnyttjas till fullo krävs mer forskning.

Literary tourism refers to any travel inspired by literature. This dissertation considers literary tourism from the perspective of a contemporary literary tourism attraction. It investigates the origins of literary tourism both in the historical context as well as in academic writing as interdisciplinary research between geography and literature. The current state of literary tourism research is also considered and the main research themes at present are identified, that is, authenticity and who the literary tourists are. This study also considers what the future might hold for literary tourism by looking at popular contemporary examples, including the works of J.K. Rowling, G.R.R. Martin, J.R.R. Tolkien, Dan Brown, Stieg Larsson and L.J. Smith. In this context, literary tourism’s reciprocal relationship with film tourism is unpacked. This dissertation then moves on to discuss the main focus of this investigation. A mere decade ago, the world was unaware of a book series called The Twilight Saga by Stephenie Meyer. Yet in a few short years, the literary tourism associated with this series has turned a small town in northwest Washington State into a tourism phenomenon. This study considers the development, extent and impact of literary tourism on this town, called Forks. It also considers other literary and film tourism sites associated with The Twilight Saga to show the vast range of the impact literature can have on tourism. / Dissertation (MHCS)--University of Pretoria, 2014. / tm2015 / Historical and Heritage Studies / MHCS / Unrestricted

This dissertation investigates the broader genre of literary tourism and the current extent and potential of this tourism mode in the South African context. It shows what an inscribed landscape South Africa has and how rich it is in literary association.The profile and motivations of literary tourists, as well the kinds of tourist attractions encompassed by literary tourism are initially explored. The history and development of this type of tourism is then considered, from its earliest known manifestations, its growth during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and its transposition to Africa and southern Africa. An overview of current literary tourism products in South Africa is conducted in order to determine the extent to which it has been developed in the country. Although not exhaustive, the potential of literary tourism within South Africa is subsequently considered by identifying places and writers that could be targeted for tourism development. This examination is then extended to the post-development or intangible potential literary tourism holds in terms of its educational capabilities, its capacity to catalyze an interest in reading and learning, as well as promote South Africa’s literary heritage. / Dissertation (MHCS)--University of Pretoria, 2012. / Historical and Heritage Studies / unrestricted

Scholars studying memory, literary tourism, and Byron all note the cooperation between author and audience at work in memorials--be it in terms of speech and response, hospitality and reception, or memory and forgetting. None, however, address the environment at Newstead as an agentic being involved with Byron's memorial legacy. Byron acknowledged multispecies beings as important actors in his eventual legacy. Through some of his early poems, we see the land under and around Newstead Abbey, as well as its nonhuman life, exercising agency and affecting Byron's memory. I limit my analysis to Byron's early poetry partly to trace how a younger, more earnest Byron relied on Romantic memory-building culture and partly to focus on the effects that Newstead had on Byron's legacy. My primary objects of study are the following poems: "On Leaving Newstead Abbey" (composed 1803), "To an Oak in the Garden of Newstead Abbey" (1807), "Elegy on Newstead Abbey" (1807), and "Inscription on the Monument of a Newfoundland Dog" (1808). Each of these addresses the Byrons' ancestral estate as an ecology which Byron imbued with poetic purpose, and the core location of his youthful legacy-building project. I address the poems in chronological order to show how Byron recruits and unites different voices to support his legacy. Focusing on Newstead in this sense sheds light on any number of related phenomena pertaining to Byronism, especially monuments, Byron's home, and other aspects of material culture that honored Byron's posthumous legacy. Given that, within years of writing these four poems, Byron would become known worldwide as the quintessential Romantic poet, his ancestral home, like other things and spaces that came to stand in for him, offers a highly useful and arguably paradigmatic case study. That it is not just a monument, but a composite being acting in and made up of literal and memorial ecosystems, suggests a kind of memorial agency or voice emerging from Newstead. This influence supports what Byron poetically speaks about and into Newstead and expands our notion of what effective memorials entail, effectively advocating for more and better study of environmental actors within reception studies.

The aim of the thesis was to clarify the role of literary tourism in Czechia and to evaluate its potential and possible uses. After that, a comparison based on foreign literature and sources was made between Czechia and other countries. The places selected in this thesis have a link to the life or work of a prominent Czech writer and seek to develop literary tourism, promote literature, attract visitors, etc. These are places where the writer's birthplace is open to the public and where museums with an exhibition focusing on that writer and the writer's works have been created and where literary festivals or other thematic events are organized etc. These places were approached with the offer of being involved in the making of a game called "Build your world" and a newly created smaller competition "In the footsteps of our writers". Collector magnets have been created for those who have agreed to be involved in these games. These magnets serve as a means to support the development of literary tourism in the Czech Republic and involve local actors in a nationwide event, which will raise awareness both of important writers and of the places associated with them. Very often the places involved are less visited ones. Key words: tourism, literary tourism, potential, Build your world, In the footsteps of...

This research is focused on cultural tourism in the scope of book collections as a way to provide an opportunity for the visiting public to know the bibliographic heritage of librarian institutions, resulting in the preservation of the memory of rare books. The study has as the root locus the Public Bibliotheca Pelotense and the objective: to explore the interest of visitors present at the "Heritage Day" to meet its rare collection, analyze the possible impacts caused by the development of tourism under the rare books collection and analyze the tourism, cultural and literary potential of this collection. The work is in a qualitative and quantitative research, in which questionnaires were used with visitors from the bibliotheca pelotense, chosen randomly, and semi-structured interviews were conducted with an active historian in the library and librarians of the National Library of Brazil responsible for coordinating the Special Collection and Rare Books Division. The research revealed that the collection of rare books of the Public Bibliotheca Pelotense awakens the interest of visitors to meet it, as well as having daily diaries of trips that address sights of the city and thus a relevant bibliographic heritage, which encourage literary tourism and at the same time become touristic products. Another result of the study indicates that cultural tourism in exposed rare collections is a way to preserve the memory and disclosure of assets, stimulating in the potential audience the sense of belonging and desire to search the library. From this, it appears that cultural tourism in the collection of rare books of the Public Bibliotheca Pelotense has potential and despite some difficulties, the institution seeks to preserve its collection and plans in the future, a new space for rare works. As a product of this dissertation, was created one lego box and a video to promote the cultural and literary tourism in the institution from its bibliographical heritage. / Esta pesquisa tem como foco de investigação o turismo cultural no âmbito do acervo de obras como uma forma de oportunizar o público visitante de instituições bibliotecárias em conhecer seu patrimônio bibliográfico, o que acarreta na preservação da memória do acervo. O estudo tem como lócus de análise a Bibliotheca Pública Pelotense e objetiva: averiguar o interesse dos visitantes presentes no evento “Dia do Patrimônio” em conhecer seu acervo raro, analisar os possíveis impactos ocasionados pelo desenvolvimento do turismo no âmbito do acervo de obras raras e analisar o potencial turístico, cultural e literário desse acervo. O trabalho constitui-se em uma pesquisa qualitativa e quantitativa, em que foram utilizados questionários com visitantes da biblioteca pelotense, escolhidos de forma aleatória, e entrevistas com um roteiro semi-estruturado realizadas com um historiador atuante na biblioteca e com bibliotecárias da Biblioteca Nacional do Brasil responsáveis pela coordenação de Acervo Especial e Divisão de Obras Raras. A pesquisa revelou que o acervo de livros raros da Bibliotheca Pública Pelotense desperta o interesse dos visitantes em conhecê-los, além de possuir diários de viagens que abordam pontos turísticos da cidade e com isso constituem um relevante patrimônio bibliográfico, que incentiva o turismo literário e ao mesmo tempo tornam-se produtos turísticos. Outro resultado do estudo indica que o turismo cultural em acervos raros expostos é um caminho para a preservação da memória e divulgação do acervo, estimulando no público em potencial o sentido de pertencimento e a querer pesquisar na biblioteca. A partir disso, depreende-se que o turismo cultural no âmbito do acervo de livros raros da Bibliotheca Pública Pelotense tem potencial e apesar de algumas dificuldades, a instituição busca preservar seu acervo e planeja futuramente, um novo espaço para as obras raras. Como produto dessa dissertação, criou-se uma caixa lego e um vídeo para promover o turismo cultural e literário na instituição a partir de seu patrimônio bibliográfico.

Comment l’imaginaire des lieux issu de la littérature contribue-t-il à valoriser un territoire ? À l’heure où des territoires ruraux, soucieux de renforcer leur attractivité, mènent des actions visant à renouveler leur image, la littérature patrimonialisée peut être considérée comme une ressource : maisons d’écrivains, routes ou sentiers littéraires contribuent ainsi à l’inscription territoriale d’une littérature et de ses imaginaires. Cette thèse s’intéresse à l’invention de tels lieux, à leur animation et à leur intégration territoriale. Elle traite aussi de leur réception et de leur appropriation par les habitants et les touristes. Une analyse statistique des maisons d’écrivain en France dresse une typologie qui souligne les spécificités structurelles, spatiales et organisationnelles de ces lieux polymorphes. En complément,des études de cas renseignent sur la singularité de la relation entre l’auteur et le lieu, et sur la dynamique de la maison en tant que projet de territoire multi-acteurs. Deux méthodes sont mises en œuvre afin de saisir les représentations des visiteurs : une enquête par questionnaire, prolongée par l’analyse d’une voie plus créative et sensible d’expression, les livres d’or. L'analyse des questionnaires souligne la diversité des motifs de visite, non exclusivement littéraires. L'étude des livres d'or met en évidence la dimension immersive d’une expérience où les émotions vont à la rencontre des souvenirs et des imaginaires. Une typologie multiscalaire de parcours littéraires est ensuite réalisée, enrichie par des études de cas. Du Berry à la Provence, des Cévennes au Québec en passant par le Livradois, des parcours littéraires proposent de découvrir une région en compagnie d’un écrivain et de personnages imaginaires. Transcendant l’habituelle démarcation entre le réel et la fiction, ils redéfinissent ainsi la notion d’authenticité. L'ensemble des éléments analysés dans la thèse concourt à qualifier une forme de tourisme combinant connaissance, imaginaire et expérience des lieux, dressant les contours d’une nouvelle pratique touristique de l’espace : celle d’un tourisme littéraire tourné sur l’itinérance et la créativité / How does the imaginary of places stemming from literature contributes to enhance a territory? At a time when rural areas, aspiring to strengthen their attractiveness, take actions to renew their image, the literary heritage can be considered a resource: writers' houses, routes or literary trails thus contribute to the territorial inscription of literature and its imagination. This thesis is interested in the creation of such places, in their animation and in their territorial integration. It also deals with their reception and with their appropriation by the inhabitants and tourists. A statistical analysis of writer's houses in France allows for a typology which underlines the structural, spatial and organizational specificities of these polymorphic places. In addition, case studies inform about the peculiarities of the relation between author and place, and about the dynamics of the house as multi-actors territorial project. Two methods are implemented to seize the visitors’ representations: a survey by questionnaire, extended by the analysis of a more creative and more sensitive way of expression, visitors' log (« livres d’or »). The analysis of questionnaires underlines the diversity of the motives for visits which are not exclusively literary. The study of visitors' log highlights the immersive dimensions of an experience where feelings meet memories and imagination. A multiscalar typology of literary routes is then realized, enriched by case studies. From Berry to Provence, from the Cévennes to Quebec via Livradois, literary routes propose the exploring of a region together with a writer and imaginary characters. They so redefine the notion of authenticity by transcending the usual demarcation between the reality and fiction. All the analyzed elements contribute to consider a form of tourism combining knowledge, imagination and experimentation of places, drawing the outlines of a new tourist practice of space : that of a literary tourism focused on itinerancy and creativity

This doctoral thesis approaches literary tourism initially from an historical perspective in order to define the phenomenon through a review of the existing academic literature in the field. The forms of literary tourism are analysed to provide a typology and from this the value of literary tourism is explained both from the visitor's point of view and the destination manager's. Current theories underpinning the existing literature on literary tourism, including Bourdieu's concept of cultural capital are reviewed. To extend the current state of research and to answer the research questions a case study of successful urban literary tourism is identified, in this case in Brittany, France. The uses of French literature in literary tourism are reviewed to provide a sound basis on which to examine French texts and tourist destinations. Novel methods of field research are developed to formalise and to make reproducible the methodology for this study and for future work drawing on, and seeking to combine both literary theory and ethnography. Following a pilot study on the French Riviera the full discovery instruments are designed and applied in fieldwork on the case destination, Concarneau, using the detective novel, The Yellow Dog, which is set in Concarneau. Analysis of the findings from this provide a new contribution to the field of literary theory, in the area of reader interpellation, and answer the research questions in the form of a new set of recommendations for DMOs and tourism stakeholders. From the empirical study that used Web 2.0 social media, only available since 2013, an analysis of which novels do stimulate literary tourism is presented for the first time. Out of the research process new methods have been evolved, and are presented in the conclusion, for the DMO to synthesise and leverage digital resources. This provides DMOs with interpretation processes for its managed heritage to use with its local stakeholders in hotels and in tourism businesses. Finally, an innovative conceptualisation of what constitutes tourism knowledge is proposed.

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