Using case studies from
Kangaroo Island, Australia, and Iowa, USA, she identifies the key problems of film-induced
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tourism planning—that even if community participation is encouraged and attempted “tourists
will often come to see a famous site regardless of the immediate community’s wishes” (Beeton,
2005, p. 149). However, in light of sustainable tourism planning the key role that all stakeholders
play with regard to film tourism planning is to be discussed in the following sections
by assessing film tourism in the context of stakeholder theory and sustainable tourism planning
and development.