The farmland that Jackson's crew turned into Hobbiton, the fictional Middle-earth village where the films are set, has drawn as many as 650,000 visitors a year, making it one of the top attractions in a country that relied on tourism for about 20% of its export earnings, pre-pandemic.
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The farmland that Jackson's crew turned into Hobbiton, the fictional Middle-earth village where the films are set, has drawn as many as 650,000 visitors a year, making it one of the top attractions in a country that relied on tourism for about 20% of its export earnings, pre-pandemic.
The farmland that Jackson's crew turned into Hobbiton, the fictional Middle-earth village where the films are set, has drawn as many as 650,000 visitors a year, making it one of the top attractions in a country that relied on tourism for about 20% of its export earnings, pre-pandemic.
The farmland that Jackson's crew turned into Hobbiton, the fictional Middle-earth village where the films are set, has drawn as many as 650,000 visitors a year, making it one of the top attractions in a country that relied on tourism for about 20% of its export earnings, pre-pandemic.