UK locations 'more popular after screen exposure'

Locations in Britain featured in films and television programmes have encouraged an increase in tourism, it has been claimed.

According to the Tourism Business, places in the UK featured in movies such as Pride & Prejudice, the Da Vinci Code and Gosford Park saw larger visitor figures last year.

This means that people could be looking to take out a travel insurance policy and heading to locations seen in British movies Adulthood and the new James Bond adventure Quantum of Solace, released later this year.

Screen time is making areas more popular, according to Martin Evans from the Tourism Business.

He said: "Villages like Goathland, in the North Yorkshire Moors and used in the Heartbeat TV series and attractions like Alnwick Castle in Harry Potter, have also seen visitor figures more than double as a direct result of being seen on screen."

A similar spike in tourism was recorded in Tunisia due to sets in the country being used to film the Stars Wars movies.

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