[yareal]

Wait, what? People travel to see things all the time. The original Star Wars sets in Tunisia, hobbiton in New Zealand, the evil dead house in Tennessee, or even Petra because of Indiana Jones. I guarantee you it would be a tourist attraction today if it still existed.

Also, Humboldt is not really that far from anywhere and is a lovely journey through some incredible forests.

[dataviz1000]

Argentinians travel to see East High School in Salt Lake City where High School Musical was filmed.

[jacobolus]

French tourists are always asking about the "blue house" in San Francisco, to the bemusement of the locals. Cf. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxime_Le_Forestier

[aunty_helen]

Can confirm, distance is no barrier for the LOTR franchise. There’s still plenty of tourism in nz because of those movies.