Top 100 films that inspire travel
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British Airways has compiled a list of top 100 films that inspire people to travel. These include classic films like “Casablanca” (which was not shot in Casablanca), “Around the World in 80 Days” and “The Sound of Music” as well as newer movies like “The Hobbit” and “Lord of the Rings” which attracted people to New Zealand and “Up” which is an animated film about flying in a hot air balloon. According to a…
According to a survey of 2,000 people, British Airways found that 40% of them were inspired to travel because of a movie they had watched.
“Mission Impossible – the Ghost Protocol” which was partly shot in Dubai is said to have inspired many tourists to visit Dubai.
Here is the British Airways Top 100 Films that inspire travel:
A Good Year
A Room with a View
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
Amélie
Anchorman – The Legend of Ron Burgundy
Annie Hall
Around the World in 80 Days
Australia
The Beach
Before Sunrise
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Blue Hawaii
Braveheart
Breakfast at Tiffany’s
Captain Corelli’s Mandolin
To Catch a Thief
Casablanca
Casino Royale (2006)
Chariots of Fire
City of God
Cocktail
Coming to America
Crocodile Dundee
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
The Darjeeling Limited
The Dark Knight
The Da Vinci Code
Dirty Dancing
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Dr. No
Eat Pray Love
E.T.
The Endless Summer (1966)
Enter the Dragon
Evita
Forrest Gump
Four Weddings and a Funeral
From Here to Eternity (1953)
Ghostbusters
Gone with the Wind
Gorillas in the Mist
The Hangover
Havana
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
The Holiday
In Bruges
Indiana Jones, Raiders of the Lost Ark
Indecent Proposal
Into the Wild
It Started in Naples
It’s All Gone Pete Tong
Jaws
The King and I
La Dolce Vita
L.A. Story
La Vie En Rose
Lawrence of Arabia
Life of Pi
Lord of the Rings (The Fellowship of the Ring)
Lost in Translation
Mamma Mia
Manhattan
Memoirs of a Geisha
Miami Vice
Midnight in Paris
The Motorcylce Diaries
Moulin Rouge!
National Lampoon’s European Vacation
Notting Hill
Ocean’s Eleven (1960)
Out of Africa
The Piano
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Pretty Woman
Quadrophenia
Roman Holiday
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Searching for Sugar Man
Sex and the City 2
Seven Years in Tibet
Shirley Valentine
Sideways
Skyfall
Sliding Doors
Sleepless in Seattle
Slumdog Millionaire
Somewhere
The Sound of Music
South Pacific
The Spy who Loved Me
Stand by Me
Summer Holiday
The Talented Mr Ripley
Thelma & Louise
Top Gun
Under the Tuscan Sun
Up
Up in the Air
When Harry Met Sally
24 Hour Party People
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