History Main / TouristBump

* The zebra crossing featured on the cover of the Beatles album ''Music/AbbeyRoad'' i.e. the AbbeyRoadCrossing became a tourist attraction with fans regularly stopping traffic to take photos on it. The Docklands Light Railway station of Abbey Road, nowhere near the location, has [[https://diamondgeezer.blogspot.com/2016/11/tube-map-z.html pun-laden signs to redirect people]].

* Winslow, Arizona being a Route 66 town achieved national fame in 1972 because of Music/{{Eagles}}' song "Take It Easy" which has the line "standing on a corner in Winslow, Arizona". The city decided to capitalize on this to increase tourism after the town's population declined in the late 70s-90s; the town constructed a park on one of its street corners depicting the song's lyrics.

* Sales at Goodwill stores reportedly rose 10% following the release of Music/{{Macklemore}}'s "Thrift Shop".
* Music/{{REM}}'s debut album, ''Music/{{Murmur}}'', gave an unexpected amount of publicity to the abandoned railway trestle in Athens, Georgia depicted on the back cover, to the point where it became a popular tourist destination despite its dilapidation. So popular was "the ''Murmur'' trestle" that the local community continuously pushed hard to preserve it as a landmark until it was ultimately dismantled in 2022.

* ''VideoGame/KingdomComeDeliverance'', which is set in an accurately recreated medieval [[UsefulNotes/CzechRepublic Central Bohemia]], caused a tourist boom for the castle of Talmberk, the former mining town Stříbrná Skalice, the castle city of Rataje-nad-Sazávou and Sázava Monastery, which were all featured as major locations in the game.

* ''VideoGame/KingdomComeDeliverance'', which is set in an accurately recreated medieval [[UsefulNotes/CzechRepublic Central Bohemia]], caused a tourist boom for the castle of Talmberk, the former mining town Stříbrná Skalice, the castle city of Rataje-nad-Sazávou and Sazava Abbey, which were all featured as major locations in the game.

* ''VideoGame/KingdomComeDeliverance'', which is set in an accurately recreated medieval [[UsefulNotes/CzechRepublic Central Bohemia]], caused a tourist boom for the castle of Talmberk, the castle city of Rataje-nad-Sazávou and Sazava Abbey, which were all featured as major locations in the game.

* ''VideoGame/KingdomComeDeliverance'', which is set in an accurately recreated medieval [[UsefulNotes/Czech Republic Central Bohemia]], caused a tourist boom for the castle of Talmberk, the castle city of Rataje-nad-Sazávou and Sazava Abbey, which were all featured as major locations in the game.

* ''Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}}'': Firehouse, Hook & Ladder Company 8 of the New York Fire Department has become a popular tourist attraction for being used as the site of the Ghostbusters base and has their sign on the site. The apartment building at 55 Central Park West aka "Spook Central" is another attraction for being Dana Barrett and Louis Tully's apartment building and Zuul's lair.

** ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' helped put the town of Goodsprings on the map. The locals in return have a copy of the New Vegas box art framed in the walls of the Pioneer Saloon (the real-life counterpart to the Prospector Saloon). There's also several other Fallout memorabilia, brought there by fans, inside the saloon.

** ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' helped put the town of Goodsprings on the map. The locals in return have a copy of the New Vegas box art framed in the walls of the Pioneer Saloon (the real-life counterpart to the Prospector Saloon).

* ''VideoGame/GhostOfTsushima'': Due to the popularity of the game, the Nagasaki Prefecture used it to promote tourism for the Tsushima island. In March 2021, creative lead Nate Fox and Jason Connell were named as tourism ambassadors for making the island's history known.

* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'': The city of Metropolis, Illinois, happens to share its name with the city the Man of Steel lives in,[[note]]Though, as a small river town, it doesn't look like its fictional counterpart, which is more a stand-in for New York City[[/note]] and takes full advantage of this. On June 9, 1972, the Illinois State Legislature passed Resolution 572, declaring Metropolis, IL, the "Hometown of Superman". There is a Superman Museum, a 15-foot painted bronze statue of Superman in front of the county courthouse, and every year, on the second weekend of June, the city hosts the annual Superman Celebration, which is attended by fans from all over the world. Additionally, the local newspaper is the Metropolis Planet, there is a statue of Noel Neill as Lois Lane (and [[ObligatoryJoke a street of that name]]), and also a commemoration of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Steele_(paratrooper) the real Man of Steele,]] who also lived there.

* ''Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}}'': Firehouse, Hook & Ladder Company 8 of the New York Fire Department has become a popular tourist attraction for being used as the site of the Ghostbusters base. The apartment building at 55 Central Park West aka "Spook Central" is another attraction for being Dana Barrett and Louis Tully's apartment building and Zuul's lair.

** While not the primary setting for the series, Kings Cross Station in London is an important location in the stories, as this is where the Hogwarts Express departs from the secret platform 9¾. The station now features an actual "entrance" to this platform, consisting of a sign and a cart that seems to vanish into the wall. It is a popular tourist attraction.

* Winslow, Arizona being a Route 66 town achieved national fame in 1972 because of Music/{{Eagles}}' song "Take It Easy" which has the line "standing on a corner in Winslow, Arizona".

* Music/{{REM}}'s debut album, ''Music/{{Murmur}}'', gave an unexpected amount of publicity to the abandoned railway trestle in Georgia depicted on the back cover, to the point where it's become a popular tourist destination despite its dilapidation. So popular is "the ''Murmur'' trestle" that the local community has continuously pushed hard to preserve it as a landmark to this day.

* ''WesternAnimation/Cars'': Radiator Springs was practically forgotten about when the Interstate was built and bypassed the town, as with much of Route 66 in real life. But when Lightning [=McQueen=] made the town his new racing headquarters, tourists flocked to the town in droves.

* The ''VideoGame/Yakuza'' series has brought attention to an array of locations across Japan, particularly since the series' resurgence in the West after ''VideoGame/Yakuza0''; most notably this has led to increased interest in Kabuki-cho, Tokyo (which the series' "Kamurocho" is based upon) and Dotonbori in Osaka ("Sotenbori"). Onomichi in Hiroshima actively sought to co-operate with Sega on ''VideoGame/Yakuza6'' in expectation of this.

* ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' had an InUniverse example when Creator/NeilGaiman praised Stuart's comic book shop on Twitter. Before, it was barely scraping by with just the main cast seemingly as the only regular customers. Afterwards, the guys stop by and find the place incredibly busy. Sheldon actually has to take a step outside to see if it's the same place.

* ''Anime/ZombieLandSaga'' takes place in [[UsefulNotes/TheFortySevenPrefectures Saga Prefecture]], and it's frequently lampshaded how [[AliensInCardiff obscure the setting is]]. However, the series has successfully boosted tourism sales in Saga, particularly for Drive-in Tori, which is a real restaurant that the characters help advertise for in the series. Since the Saga prefecture government [[BackedByThePentagon was part of the production committee]], this may actually have been invoked.

* Japanese zoos have seen an increase in visitors thanks to ''Anime/KemonoFriends''. In particular, the Serval cat, one of the main characters in the series, has gotten a lot of attention. Famously, Tobu Zoo took advantage of this by placing cardboard cutouts of the Friends in their exhibits, and inadvertently created an Internet sensation when a penguin named [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grape-kun Grape-kun]] fell in love with his anime counterpart.

* ''Film/{{The Way|2010}}'' had a hotel on the Cameno Pilgrammage route whose management needed considerable persuading to allow their appearance in the film. However, after the film came out, the management had so many visitors inquiring if "The Way" suite was available that they began marketing it as such.

* The Bridge Cafe has gotten significantly more popular after becoming the place the losing team is sent on ''Series/TheApprentice''. You've now even got tourists visiting after seeing it on the show.

* Creator/AnthonyBourdain often caused a bump in business from non-locals for a restaurant he praises.

* Regionally, the areas of UsefulNotes/{{Pittsburgh}} Creator/{{PBS}} "scrapbook documentary" producer Rick Sebak produces popular specials about, such as Kennywood Park, the North Side, the Strip District, the Primanti Brothers sandwich shop and Oakland, PA have turned into tourist traps (or more popular tourist traps), for locals and out-of-towners. (Oakland is itself the home of WQED, the TV station where ''Series/MisterRogersNeighborhood'' was taped at.)

* The release of ''Film/TheBlairWitchProject'' caused an increase in tourism to Burkittsville, Maryland much to the annoyance of the locals who found themselves overrun and their town sign which had featured in the film being repeatedly stolen. When the third film was released in [[Film/BlairWitch 2016]] the town pre-emptively took down its welcome signs and blocked off alleys to deter tourists.

* The release of ''Film/TheBlairWitchProject'' caused an increase in tourism to Burkittsville, Maryland much to the annoyance of the locals who found themselves overrun and their town sign which had featured in the film being repeatedly stolen.

* The ''VideoGame/Yakuza'' series has brought attention to an array of locations across Japan, particularly since the series' resurgence in the West after ''VideoGame/Yakuza0''; most notably this has led to increased interest in Kabuki-cho, Tokyo (which the series' "Kamurocho" is based upon) and Dotonbori in Osaka ("Sotenbori"). Onomichi in Hiroshima actively sought to co-operate with Sega on ''[[VideoGame/Yakuza6]]'' in expectation of this.