Touristic World-Making and Fan Pilgrimage in Popular Culture Destinations

This volume considers world-making as the intersection of the fan pilgrimage experience and the responses of destinations. It critically examines the emerging field of popular culture tourism and its close connection with fan studies and placemaking. The chapters illustrate how different destinations capitalise on expressive cultural practices to attract fan tourists, the processes involved in their tourismification, and the outcomes for both visitors and local communities. The book establishes a common ground for the comprehensive and critical study of popular culture tourism development and fandom. It integrates theory and practice and provides evidence-based recommendations for popular culture destinations. It is a useful resource for researchers in tourism management, fandom, pop culture and media studies, as well as for those working in the tourism industry.

Vassilios Ziakas is Associate Professor in Sport and Event Management, Honorary Faculty, University of Liverpool, UK. He is editor-in-chief of the book series Event Management Theory and Methods (Goodfellow).

Christine Lundberg is Professor of Tourism Management at the Norwegian School of Hotel Management, University of Stavanger, Norway. She is co-editor (with Vassilios Ziakas) of The Routledge Handbook of Popular Culture and Tourism (2018).

Maria Lexhagen is Professor in Tourism Studies at Mid Sweden University. Her expertise is in tourism marketing, consumer behaviour and destination development. She has published extensively on popular culture induced tourism in leading scientific journals and books in tourism and edited a recently published book. Favourite Eurovision song: Främling by Carola Häggkvist (Sweden, 1983)