Tofino’s for the birds: Movie could put surfers’ haven on ornithological tourism map
Greg Miller blurts out a classic movie line — “I’ll be back!” — as he saunters down the Fourth Street dock as another sunny day of filming The Big Year gets underway.
“I’ve never been on a movie set before,” the jovial birding guide from Sugarcreek, Ohio, says. “This place is fabulous.”
Miller was hired as a birding consultant for David Frankel’s comedy starring Owen Wilson, Jack Black and Steve Martin as three rival obsessive birdwatchers who compete to find the most rare offshore birds.
When Miller returns for his own enjoyment, he’ll be partaking in film tourism. It’s a growing phenomenon where the production of a film or television series in a particular destination inspires tourists to travel there.
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