Set-jetting (or taking a location vacation) is the trend of traveling to destinations that were the filming locations of movies. Examples include touring

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in a high-speed boat as in the

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films, or visiting the stately homes that are seen in the Jane Austen adaptations. The term is a play on jet-setting, a form of luxury travel in upper-class society. The term was first coined in the US press in the ''

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'' by journalist Gretchen Kelly in 2008. An analysis of the use of Geospatial technologies in set jetting was proposed by Thierry Joliveau in

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. Corporations, convention and tourism boards followed the trend that year, creating their own set-jetting travel maps, like the '' Elizabeth: The Golden Age'' movie map published by VisitBritain.Elizabeth the Golden Age
''visitBritain.com/thegoldenage'' In June 2018, Maya Beach, made famous by

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's 2000 film '' The Beach'', was closed indefinitely to allow it to recover from the ecological damage of mass tourism. The beach received up to 5,000 tourists and 200 boats a day.

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