Emily in Paris.Photo:CAROLE BETHUEL/NETFLIX
CAROLE BETHUEL/NETFLIX
Did the last season ofTed Lassomake you want to jump on a plane to London in the hopes of catching a soccer game? Or maybeThe Bearhad you itching for a visit to Chicago to see what the Windy City’s beef is all about.
Either way, the locations of our favorite movies and television shows often provide inspiration for exciting getaway destinations, something known as set-jetting.
Thailand
The Four Seasons Hotel in Golden Triangle, Thailand.Four Seasons
Four Seasons
The hit HBO seriesThe White Lotushas already checked in to Hawaii and Italy, with the first two seasons driving a 300% increase in travel demand to those locations upon airing in 2021 and 2022, respectively.
With a third seasonreportedlyset to take place in Thailand, it’s expected the country will get a similar tourism boost.
While it remains unclear just where in Thailand the new episodes will be set, seasons 1 and 2 were both filmed at Four Seasons resorts, and it’s a safe betseason 3 will follow suit. The luxury hospitality company has four locations in Thailand: Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Golden Triangle and Koh Samui.
Romania
Jenna Ortega and Enid Sinclair in Wednesday.Netflix
Netflix
Though Netflix’s hitWednesdayis set in Vermont, filming actually took place in Romania.
When the show, starring Jenna Ortega as the Addams family’s morbid teen, premiered in November 2022, Expedia saw a 150% increase in travel searches for Romania — and though no release date has been announced, the show has officially been renewed for a second season, expected sometime next year.
Many scenes from the show were shot in the town of Buftea, while the main exterior of the building used for Nevermore Academy is Cantacuzino castle, located about 90 miles north of Bucharest, according to theGuardian.
Malta
Lady of Mount Carmel Church and St. Paul’s Cathedral in Valletta, Malta.Getty
Getty
More than 20 years after winning Best Picture at the Oscars,Gladiatoris getting a sequel — and Malta will once more stand in for Ancient Rome.
Ridley Scott’sGladiator 2, set for release next year, will starPaul Mescal,Denzel Washington,Pedro Pascaland more, and was filmed partially in Malta.
In August, theTimes of Maltareported that the European country’s government would pay Paramount Studios’ subsidiary company around $49 million as a rebate for filming there (The outlet also reported that Malta promises production houses up to 40% cash back to film there, and thatGladiator 2’s rebate broke the record for biggest state aid to cinema in the EU).
Paris
Lily Collins in Emily in Paris.CAROLE BETHUEL/NETFLIX
When Netflix debuted season three of the hit seriesEmily in Paris, searches to the City of Lights jumped 200% on Expedia.
The show, which starsLily Collinsas an American juggling work, love and play in Paris, is meant to portray a “very fantasized” version of the city that viewers can dream of escaping to, production designer Anne Seibeltold PEOPLE last year.
Real-life locations featured in the show include the luxe restaurant Le Jules Verne, located inside the Eiffel Tower, the Piscine Molitor pool at the Hotel Molitor, and the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in the Louvre museum.
Emily in Parishas been renewed for a fourth season, though Netflix has not yet announced a release date.
Scottish Highlands
Sam Heughan and Caitríona Balfe in Outlander.Starz
Starz
For seven seasons,Outlanderviewers have fallen in love with Jamie and Claire Fraser (Sam Heughan and Caitríona Balfe) — almost as much as they have the Scottish countryside in which the Starz series is set.
In fact, the country’s national tourism organization,VisitScotland, even made note of something called the “Outlander Effect,” which noted an uptick in tourism from visitors who’d seen the rolling green hills on their screens.
Outlanderwasrecently renewedfor a 10-episode eighth season, which will serve as the final season of the series.
London, Bath and Windsor, U.K.
London.Getty
They may be set in two different eras of British history, butBridgertonandThe Crownhave plenty in common — namely that they both look to historic locales in England as settings.
Both shows are expected to air new seasons on Netflix next year, and camera crews werespotted in London in March, filming a re-creation of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip’s 1997 Golden Wedding Anniversary Celebration forThe Crown.
The series, which focuses on the British royal family, has also filmed scenes for the upcoming seasonon location at University of St. Andrewsin Scotland, where Prince William and Kate Middleton first met as students.
Bridgerton, meanwhile, hasfilmedin spots like the Holburne Museum in Bath, which served as the exterior of Lady Danbury’s home.
South Korea
A scene from Squid Game.Noh Juhan/Netflix
Noh Juhan/Netflix
Netflix had an unexpected smash hit on its hands withSquid Gamein 2021, which, withover 111 million viewers, became the platform’s biggest series launch ever upon its release.
The show wasrenewed for another seasonin June 2022, and though a premiere date has yet to be announced, it’ll likely continue shooting in the capital of Seoul, and likely the Daejeon, where much of the filming took place on sets, according toCondé Nast Traveller.
Florida Keys & the Bahamas
Key West, Florida.Getty
Vince Vaughn, who stars in the series as a former detective-turned-restaurant inspector who’s dragged into a world of greed and corruption when a tourist finds a severed arm, wasspotted last yearfilming in Key West.
Australia
Nicole Kidman in the movie Australia.20th Century Fox/Bazmark Films/Kobal/Shutterstock
20th Century Fox/Bazmark Films/Kobal/Shutterstock
Hulu is headed Down Under on Nov. 26, when Baz Luhrmann’s miniseriesFaraway Downshits streaming.
The six-episode show, a reimagining of his 2008 filmAustralia, takes place in the title country, and starsNicole Kidmanas an English aristocrat who heads to the Australian Outback to confront her husband and sell a million acres of land (Hugh Jackmanplays a cattle rancher).
Chris Hemsworth, a native of Australia, also appears in the film, and has said that working on the movie in his home country was a“dream come true.”
Then-New South Wales state Premier Gladys Berejikliantweetedin 2021 that Furiosa is “the biggest ever film to be made in Australia,” and added that the project supported more than 850 local jobs, and brought $350 million to the economy.
Greece
Windmills in the town of Chora, Greece.Getty
The upcoming Apple Originalspy thrillerArgyllefilmed scenes in sunny Greece, as well as London.
source: people.com
