The impacts of film tourism on the community have been subject to some discussion,
primarily by Beeton (2004).
While most impacts are rather similar to tourism in general (increase in revenue, modification of community structure, intra-communal conflicts over tourism development, employment opportunities for women, improvement of quality of life, increased pressure on existing infrastructure, conflicts between local
community and tourists, demonstration and acculturation effect, cultural exchange,
commodification and loss of authenticity, revitalisation of local culture), impacts specific to film tourism are yet to be researched in detail as a review of existing literature suggests little difference between the two. However, where film tourism in particular impacts on the
local community is arguably the issue of authenticity and representation. Just as the tourism
planners have little influence over what is represented on screen, the local community has
to live with the consequences of what image has been portrayed, and to whom the image
has been portrayed. Particularly in the case of social dramas or ethical dilemmas featured
on film, this can have negative consequences. As the most recent example of Slumdog
Millionaire suggests, demand for tours around the slums of Mumbai has already risen.
While the slum community now becomes an object of the tourist gaze (and thereby
reinforcing the common criticisms of tourism as a vehicle of commodification and objectification),
the wider Indian community might also be resistant against this kind of portrayal
of part of their community (which incidentally reflects some of the differences in the
reception of the film by the international and the Indian communities)
The impacts of film tourism on the community have been subject to some discussion,primarily by Beeton (2004). While most impacts are rather similar to tourism in general (increase in revenue, modification of community structure, intra-communal conflicts over tourism development, employment opportunities for women, improvement of quality of life, increased pressure on existing infrastructure, conflicts between localcommunity and tourists, demonstration and acculturation effect, cultural exchange,commodification and loss of authenticity, revitalisation of local culture), impacts specific to film tourism are yet to be researched in detail as a review of existing literature suggests little difference between the two. However, where film tourism in particular impacts on thelocal community is arguably the issue of authenticity and representation. Just as the tourismplanners have little influence over what is represented on screen, the local community hasto live with the consequences of what image has been portrayed, and to whom the imagehas been portrayed. Particularly in the case of social dramas or ethical dilemmas featuredon film, this can have negative consequences. As the most recent example of SlumdogMillionaire suggests, demand for tours around the slums of Mumbai has already risen.While the slum community now becomes an object of the tourist gaze (and therebyreinforcing the common criticisms of tourism as a vehicle of commodification and objectification),the wider Indian community might also be resistant against this kind of portrayalof part of their community (which incidentally reflects some of the differences in thereception of the film by the international and the Indian communities)
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