From brand placement to tourism product placement : fiction series as promotional support of tourism destinations

Every day more consumers spend much of their free time to the consumption of audiovisual series, which is reflected in the notable increase in downloads and audiences. Therefore, many sectors have decided to use audiovisual series as advertising (brand placement), being one of them the tourism secto...

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Bibliographic Details
Authors: Araújo Vila, Noelia, Fraiz Brea, José Antonio
Format: article
Publication Date:2011
Country:España
Institution:Universidad de Huelva (UHU)
Repository:Arias Montano. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:ariasmontano.uhu.es:10272/5443
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10272/5443
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Audiovisual series
Brand placement
Tourism placement
Tourist destination
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Summary:Every day more consumers spend much of their free time to the consumption of audiovisual series, which is reflected in the notable increase in downloads and audiences. Therefore, many sectors have decided to use audiovisual series as advertising (brand placement), being one of them the tourism sector (tourism product placement). There are many worldwide destinations that have decided to set in a fiction series, thus being viewed by thousands of spectators, which has resulted in increases in visitors. In the Spanish case is not so clear the use of this strategy, as it is analysed in this article.