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The [[Xunta de Galicia]] ([[Galicia (Spain)|Galicia]]'s regional government) promotes the Way as a tourist activity, particularly in Holy Compostela Years (when 25 July falls on a Sunday). Following Galicia's investment and advertising campaign for the Holy Year of 1993, the number of pilgrims completing the route has been steadily rising. The most recent Holy Year occurred in 2021, 11 years after the last Holy Year of 2010. More than 272,000 pilgrims made the trip during the course of 2010. The next Holy Year pilgrimage will occur in 2027.
=== In film
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*The pilgrimage is central to the plot of the film ''[[The Milky Way (1969 film)|The Milky Way]]'' (1969), directed by [[surrealist]] [[Luis Buñuel]]. It is intended to critique the Catholic church, as the modern pilgrims encounter various manifestations of Catholic dogma and heresy.
*In Part Four of the book ''[[The Pillars of the Earth]]'' (1989), one of the main characters, Aliena, travels the Camino in search of her lost love, Jack, who is also the father to her child. She travels the route from England through France (specifically [[Tours]] and [[Basilica of St Denis|Saint Denis]]) and Spain, eventually departing the route and ending up in [[Toledo, Spain|Toledo]].
*''[[The Naked Pilgrim]]'' (2003) documents the journey of art critic and journalist [[Brian Sewell]] to Santiago de Compostela for the UK's Channel Five. Travelling by car along the French route, he visited many towns and cities on the way including Paris, [[Chartres]], [[Roncesvalles]], [[Burgos]], [[León, Spain|León]] and [[Frómista]]. Sewell, a lapsed Catholic, was moved by the stories of other pilgrims and by the sights he saw. The series climaxed with Sewell's emotional response to the Mass at Compostela.
*The Way of St. James was the central feature of the film ''Saint Jacques... La Mecque'' (2005) directed by [[Coline Serreau]].
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