Licence to thrill-seek in Austria: extreme sports tourism at AREA 47
By Sports Tourism Media co-editor Ramy Salameh
A study has calculated how far James Bond 007 has travelled to save the world - an enormous 276,745.2 miles across 24 movies, with Austria having been the location on three separate films.
It is a country known for its epic Alpine surroundings and tailor-made for adventure sport junkies.
In 2015, the world’s most famous film franchise used the Gaislachkogl Mountain to shoot key action scenes of Spectre. This Bond movie granted the town of Soelden, located in the Alpine valley of Oetztal-Tirol, a unique and lasting legacy.
Key action scenes from the film have now been honoured through the creation of 007 Elements a stunning cinematic installation at more than 3,000m which opened in 2018.
Inside, a series of bunker-like concre...