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Ross Bennett-Cook, PhD Candidate in the Carnegie School of Sport, Leeds Beckett University

White Lotus hotels target gen Z travellers – but luxury resorts don’t reflect their travel habits

American-British actor, Sam Nivola, in the season three finale of The White Lotus. Fabio Lovino / HBO

HBO’s hit television series, The White Lotus, is as renowned for its stunning hotels and filming locations as it is for its mixture of unsettling, hilarious and sultry storylines.

Set in fictional five-star “White Lotus” resorts, fans quickly learned the true locations of the luxury hotels. Each season has been set in a different destination – Hawaii, Sicily and, most recently, Thailand – and every resort has seen a surge in interest since featuring on the show. This has been labelled the “White Lotus effect”.

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