CACTUS CACTUS J Tour Bus Manag Econ CACTUS – Journal of Tourism Business, Management and Economics 2247-3297 ASE Publishing House Bucharest, Romania cactus-2019-7 Research Article M39, Z39 The Attitude of Romanian Tourists towards Film-Induced Tourism Țuclea Claudia-Elena https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8104-0041 claudia.tuclea@com.ase.ro Gheorghe Georgica https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9549-2604 Bulin Daniel https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6649-0784 Darabant Maria Bucharest University of Economic Studies Bucharest University of Economic Studies Bucharest University of Economic Studies Bucharest University of Economic Studies 15 12 2019 1 2 15122019 Copyright © 2019, The Author(s) 2019 The Author(s) This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0). https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

The present study aims at identifying the interest of Romanian tourists for film-induced tourism. For this purpose, an online research was carried out between 5 October and 4 November 2017. The data was collected from 463 participants through a self-administrated questionnaire. In a word, our research has highlighted that 82% of respondents are interested in practicing this type of tourism and the natural landscapes presented in movies seem to be the main reason (44%). Most respondents (83%)believe that such a vacation should last between 3 and 6 days. The interest for practicing film-induced tourism is primarily influenced by the geographic region where respondents are living and by their place of residence(urban/rural).The main limitation of this study is that the sample was not representative at national level, but nevertheless, some interesting results were obtained. These results could be used, for example, to promote domestic tourism.

 Keywords Film-induced tourism FIT film-tourists’ behavior Romanian tourists reasons for film-induced tourism

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