The economic impact of on-screen tourism: The case of The Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit

SN Li, H Li, H Song, C Lundberg, S Shen - Tourism management, 2017 - Elsevier
The economic impacts of on-screen tourism are particularly interesting, and research in this
area can provide useful information to governments making decisions regarding subsidising …

'The man from New Line knocked on the door': Tourism, media power, and Hobbiton/Matamata as boundaried space

R Moses Peaslee - Tourist Studies, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
This study investigates the emergence and maintenance of tourist activity surrounding the
film location site of 'Hobbiton', constructed during the filming of the Lord of the Rings film …