Psychological Tourism?

Ritzer and Liska discuss the "McDisneyization" of different spaces and locations. When discussing post-modernism and tourism, they mention the simulated world tourism has become. A lack of authenticity is seen in the "fake" worlds replicas different tourist attractions offer. However, the converse of this is when tourist attractions attempt to make unreality real. Specifically I am referring to "Screen Tours," a NYC tour company offering bus tours of different locations in NYC where television shows have been filmed. The slogan on their website is, "Escape reality with On Location Tours, New York City's only TV and movie tour company!" Their most notable and popular tour is the Sex and the City tour, which stops at different restaurants, bars, and stores where the Sex and the City girls have gone. So here, instead of making real places (like an Indian village) fake, this company has turned a fictional television show into reality, while at the same time proclaiming the tour as an escape from reality. Yet the places they visit are real. I think this type of tourism is "psychological tourism." Really this tour is in the participants' mind. Additionally, it is very simple for anyone to find out where they go on Sex and the City and just visit these places without paying for someone else to show them. Nevertheless, the popularity of such a tour continues.

http://www.screentours.com/