Lord of the Rings tourism
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The Lord of the Rings (LotR) is a film series in the high fantasy or epic fantasy genre, based on novels by J. R. R. Tolkien, including The Hobbit in 1937 and The Lord of the Rings, published in 3 volumes in the 1950s, set in a fictional world known as Middle-earth. The film series was shot in New Zealand, and the sets are today among the most visited tourist attractions of the country.
UnderstandFrodo: Go back, Sam. I'm going to Mordor alone. Sam: Of course you are. And I'm coming with you.
PrepareThe Hobbit is the most accessible of the books, and a recommended first read, followed by the novel trilogy, and the original film trilogy (which would be a great introduction for a visit to New Zealand).
SeeAll six films were produced at Stone Street Studios in the city of Wellington, New Zealand, which is still an active film studio and is generally not open to the public.
Locations connected to TolkienThere are also several locations connected to the author of the books, J. R. R. Tolkien, that have been popular with fans of the books for a long time before the films were even made.
LearnTolkien was a professor of linguistics at the University of Oxford who famously argued with his translators on how certain things should be translated into their native languages, and constructed many fictional…
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