The Hobbit set to benefit New Zealand tourism by Cheap Flights Booker UK

The New Zealand tourist board is expecting The Hobbit, the new film based on JRR Tolkien"s book, to have a similar effect on tourism in the country to the hugely successful Lord of the Rings movies.
Guillermo del Toro is taking over directing duties from Peter Jackson for The Hobbit, which will be released as two films in December 2011 and 2012.
The Lord of the Rings trilogy led to a major boost in tourism for New Zealand, with the locations used in the films seeing more than 37,000 annual visitors after the films were released.
Now that the country is prepared for the inevitable explosion of interest, the effect of The Hobbit is expected to be even more pronounced.
Erica Challis, co-founder of fan site theonering.net, said: "Before The Fellowship of the Ring came out, people didn"t take much notice and most New Zealanders didn"t really realise the extent of what was going on around the country.
"The Hobbit is going to be so different - the groundswell of interest will continue and be even bigger than for LOTR. This time everyone is going to want to claim some connection."
Travellers visiting New Zealand can take part in "Rings" tours that visit a number of locations used for the movies, including the site that was used as Hobbiton.
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