The Hobbit team have been praised for their positive impacts upon New Zealand communities during production of the movie. The high numbers of guest beds taken up by sleepy crew has helped to boost the Nelson Tasman area, which sits on the Western tip of New Zealand’s South island, in a time of record flooding and landslips.
Nelson Tasman Tourism Chief Executive Lynda Keene expressed her gratitude to the crew and said: “This is a good result in a month where we had the highest rainfall in the region in 50 years and floods impacted on the region’s trading over what would normally be a busy two-week period (Dec 14 to Dec 28). The filming of The Hobbit in December has probably helped the result and is indicative of the importance film tourism can have to a region.”
Source: stuff.co.nz
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