Let's classify this without mixing: there is inspiration and planning/validation, they are not the same categories.
The idea that tourist guides are just a sub-part of fictional inspiration mixes different functions, because a guide provides structured information to take action.
Films or novels can certainly spark dreams, but a guide details practical constraints and real opportunities.
For example, a Michelin guide for France is not an inspiring fiction; it's a tool to discover and plan specific and concrete culinary experiences, offering an added value of validation and preparation that goes beyond mere impulse.