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| The Evening Post Rings Scenes Draw Tourists to Wellington Upper Hutt reports at least two sets of American visitors visiting the city specifically to see sites where scenes from the trilogy were filmed. Tourism New Zealand is taking a group of international media around the North Island later this month to show off some of the landscape they have seen in the film. Upper Hutt City promotion manager Paul Lambert spoke to three visitors from Montana in the United States who passed through on a Lord Of The Rings tour of New Zealand. Another Tolkien fan, from Hollywood, stayed in Upper Hutt for three nights. Mr Lambert has also taken inquiries relating to the film from inbound travel companies dealing with the US and Scandinavia. Tourism New Zealand chief executive George Hickton said the first film in the trilogy had "definitely had an impact". "Tourism New Zealand has been working on promoting New Zealand as the place The Lord Of The Rings trilogy was filmed, emphasising that the scenery and landscape that feature so heavily can be viewed, but that most sets and physical reminders of filming have been dismantled." Attractions included the Great River Anduin (Hutt River) and Isengard (Harcourt Park). Visitors were also keen to watch the film at Upper Hutt's Lighthouse Cinema. Tourism New Zealand will host media from Europe and Asia, in New Zealand for the Trenz trade show, on a North Island tour of landscape featured in the first film. They will visit Seatoun, Kaitoke and Otaki, as well as the Waitomo Caves and Tongariro National Park. It is understood locations for Lord Of The Rings filming are the subject of a book to be published by HarperCollins before Christmas. Meanwhile, Lord Of The Rings tour company Red Carpet Tours has delayed its first tours again. A group of Taiwanese visitors was due to arrive in New Zealand last Sunday, but managing director Vic James said it was now unlikely the first group would arrive till July or August. The company was now focusing on Trenz, where it would target travel agents from the US, Britain and Australia. |
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