Camping
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| October 7 2022 | The science fiction horror film 'Significant Other' is released on the streaming service Paramount+. |
| June 2022 | Camping trips in Australia reached 12.7 million, with total spending surging to $10.5 billion after the lifting of COVID-related restrictions. |
| 2021 |
The Parent Trap
Hayley Mills, star of the original 1961 film, gave an interview praising the 1998 remake and Lindsay Lohan's performance, describing the new version as 'really good' and Lohan as 'excellent'.
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| 2021 |
Recreational vehicle
Wholesale recreational vehicle (RV) shipments increased by more than 86% compared to 2020, driven by heightened consumer demand during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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| 2021 | Australia recorded over 770,000 caravan and campervan registrations nationwide. |
| October 2021 |
Recreational vehicle
Record-breaking month for RV manufacturing in North America, with 58,000 RVs produced - the highest number ever in a single month.
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| September 2021 | Paramount Players wins bidding war for the film 'Significant Other', with Maika Monroe and Jake Lacy already attached to star, and Dan Berk and Robert Olsen set to direct. |
| 2020 |
The Parent Trap
Australian actress Ruby Rees recorded an unabridged narration of Anthea Bell's English translation of Das doppelte Lottchen for Bolinda.
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| 2020 |
Recreational vehicle
Research reports indicate increased interest from millennials in purchasing RVs, driven by growing demand for camping and outdoor recreational activities.
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| September 24 2020 | The Museum of The North at the University of Alaska Fairbanks announced that Magic Bus 142 would become their permanent exhibit and would be restored for an outdoor display. |
| July 21 2020 |
The Parent Trap
Dennis Quaid released an extended version of the film's cast reunion on his podcast 'The Dennissance'.
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| July 20 2020 |
The Parent Trap
Cast reunion of 'The Parent Trap' moderated by Katie Couric via Instagram, featuring Lindsay Lohan, Dennis Quaid, Elaine Hendrix, Lisa Ann Walter, Simon Kunz, Nancy Meyers, and Charles Shyer. The reunion was a charity fundraising event supporting World Central Kitchen during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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| June 18 2020 | The abandoned bus on the Stampede Trail was removed by a US Army Chinook helicopter due to public safety concerns. |
| April 2020 | A stranded Brazilian was rescued near the McCandless bus site. |
| February 2020 | Five Italians were rescued near the bus site, with one suffering from severe frostbite. |
| 2019 | A newlywed Belarusian woman drowned in the swollen Teklanika River while trying to visit the McCandless bus site. |
| 2019 |
Recreational vehicle
RV shipments to dealers declined by 22% in the first five months compared to the previous year, following a 4% drop in 2018, impacted by tariff-related price increases on steel, aluminum, and RV parts from China.
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| 2019 | Australians completed a record-breaking 13.9 million caravan and camping trips, representing a 67% increase over the preceding decade. |
| April 24 2018 |
The Parent Trap
A 20th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray of The Parent Trap was released as a Disney Movie Club Exclusive, commemorating the film's two decades of popularity.
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| February 21 2018 |
The Parent Trap
The Hollywood Reporter announced potential remake of The Parent Trap as exclusive content for Disney+ streaming service.
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| 2016 |
Campsite
Release of 'Bodom', a film with camping-related themes.
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| 2016 | A study by Camping Québec revealed that 20% of the province's population (approximately 1,600,000 people) engaged in camping, with 8% of campers being non-local travelers. |
| 2015 |
Recreational vehicle
Baseline age of RV owners in the United States was established at 48 years old.
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| 2015 |
Campsite
Release of 'Once I Was a Beehive', a film involving camping.
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| 2015 | French campsites recorded 113 million overnight stays, a 3.9% increase from 2014, with French holidaymakers accounting for 77 million nights and international tourists from Netherlands, Germany, and UK making up the remainder. |
| 2015 | The Great British Tourism Survey revealed that British residents took nearly 4.5 million camping and caravanning holidays in the first half of the year, marking an 8% increase from the same period in 2014. |
| 2014 |
The Parent Trap
Anthea Bell faithfully retranslated Das doppelte Lottchen into English, republishing it as The Parent Trap in the United Kingdom and Australia through Pushkin Press.
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| 2014 | Baseline year for camping statistics in France, with 108.9 million nights spent at campsites (before the 3.9% increase in 2015). |
| 2014 | Publication of the American Camper Report by the Coleman Company, Inc. and the Outdoor Foundation, documenting camping trends in the United States |
| 2014 | An infographic was produced by Red Rover Camping analyzing camping participation trends, revealing a decline of 4.2 million camping participants in the United States between 2011 and 2012. |
| 2012 | Continued decline in camping participation in the United States, reaching the lowest point in the reported period. |
| 2012 | End of a period of decline in camping participation in the United States, with a total reduction of 4.2 million participants |
| 2011 | Begin of a decline in camping participation in the United States, with a drop of 4.2 million participants between 2011 and 2012 |
| 2010 | A Swiss woman drowned while attempting to cross the Teklanika River to reach the abandoned bus where Christopher McCandless died. |
This contents of the box above is based on material from the Wikipedia articles Significant Other (film), Recreational vehicle, Camping, Campsite, Into the Wild (film) & The Parent Trap (1998 film), which are released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.