Articles tagged “dallas”

Business travelers might be able to find Dallas on a map, but for many leisure travelers it's lumped in with a number of Southern cities making the potential success of this campaign a major boost for the city.

The wheeling and dealing oilman, J.R. Ewing, played by Larry Hagman, notched his place in TV lore, and the Southfork set will probably see an uptick in tourists with the news that Hagman has died.

Cities and countries are now vying big time for TV shows to be set in their locales, for a reason: Tourism and local development boost is a big factor.