The virtual cultural tourist: Film-induced tourism and Kubo and the Two Strings

Over the past two decades, there has been growing research in film-induced tourism. Much of this is focused on how film influences tourist destination choices. There less emphasis, however, nature and types movies that may induce attraction to such locations. By examining Kubo Two Strings (Knight, 2016), a stop-motion animation produced by Laika Studios, paper aims apply studies explore current understandings This argues itself form tourism positioning viewer as virtual cultural whose cinematic experience be likened veritable media pilgrimage through Japanese culture, history aesthetics. The movie introduces into an imagined world borrows from origami, Nō theatre, shamisen music, obon rituals symbolism, philosophy mythology. resulting pastiche constructed diorama transnational postmodern it authentic indigenous.