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New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern tours Hobbiton on Oct. 4, 2018, in Matamata, New Zealand. (Hannah Peters/Getty Images/TNS)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.
Originally published at Tribune News Service