--- description: Restaurants are already creating menus inspired by the show title: 'Game of Thrones' Tourism Hits Southern Spain image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2e0d402201bca9be/6987626de53aba9dd24d537d/game-of-thrones-daenerys.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # _Game of Thrones_ Gives a Tourism Boost to Southern Spain  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 23, 2014 3:41 PM CUT  HBO  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 23, 2014 3:41 PM CUT How do you write dollar signs in Dothraki? _Game of Thrones_ is filming its fifth season in Osuna, Spain, and the show’s presence there may be good news for the territory with an unemployment rate of 34.7 percent — one of the highest in the country. More than 500 locals from around the town of 18,000 are receiving approximately $65 a day to work as extras for the HBO hit, _The Independent_ reports. But local business may get an even bigger boost _after_ the production leaves, as previous filming locations in Iceland, Northern Ireland and Croatia have reported dramatic increases in tourism following the show’s visit. The number of tourists visiting the town and the Seville area is expected to rise by 15 percent, according to U.S. ambassador to Spain and former HBO exec James Costos. (Could there be anyone more qualified to talk about HBO’s Spanish tourism impact than a guy who’s held those jobs?) Those who do make the trek to southern Spain can unwind at Casa Curro, an Osuna restaurant that’s prepared a _Games of Thrones_\-themed menu with dishes like the Joffrey — a bacon and trout dish with mulled wine. ### See The Real-Life People Who Inspired Game of Thrones Characters  From left: Cersei and Margaret of Anjou HBO; Getty Images  From Left: Khaleesi and Queen Elizabeth I. HBO; Getty Images  From Left: Melisandre and Bloody Mary Helen Sloan—HBO; Getty Images  From left: Talisa Stark and Anne Boleyn. Helen Sloan—HBO; Getty Images  From left: Brienne of Tarth and Joan of Arc. HBO; DeAgostini—Getty Images  From left: Henry VIII and Robert Baratheon. HBO; Getty Images  From left: Joffrey and Caligula. HBO; De Agostini—Getty Images ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3534261/game-of-thrones-tourism/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3534261/game-of-thrones-tourism/"},"headline":"Game of Thrones Gives a Tourism Boost to Southern Spain","datePublished":"2014-10-23T15:41:29.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:07:18.113Z","description":"Restaurants are already creating menus inspired by the show","url":"https://time.com/3534261/game-of-thrones-tourism/","keywords":["Television","HBO","game of thrones","Tourism"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2e0d402201bca9be/6987626de53aba9dd24d537d/game-of-thrones-daenerys.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nolan Feeney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2e0d402201bca9be/6987626de53aba9dd24d537d/game-of-thrones-daenerys.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Game of Thrones","caption":"Game of Thrones","creditText":"HBO","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3534261/game-of-thrones-tourism/","name":"Game of Thrones Gives a Tourism Boost to Southern Spain"}}]}] ```