{"id":67839,"date":"2012-12-31T18:19:50","date_gmt":"2012-12-31T23:19:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=67839"},"modified":"2012-12-31T18:19:50","modified_gmt":"2012-12-31T23:19:50","slug":"nz-tourism-surge-coincides-with-the-hobbit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2012\/12\/31\/67839-nz-tourism-surge-coincides-with-the-hobbit\/","title":{"rendered":"NZ tourism surge coincides with The Hobbit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"intro\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/100%-Middle-earth-100%-Pure-New-Zealand-extended-edition-YouTube.jpg\" class=\"no-lazyload\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/100%-Middle-earth-100%-Pure-New-Zealand-extended-edition-YouTube-300x126.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"100% Middle-earth 100% Pure New Zealand - extended edition - YouTube\" width=\"300\" height=\"126\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-61155 no-lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/100%-Middle-earth-100%-Pure-New-Zealand-extended-edition-YouTube-300x126.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/100%-Middle-earth-100%-Pure-New-Zealand-extended-edition-YouTube-600x252.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/100%-Middle-earth-100%-Pure-New-Zealand-extended-edition-YouTube.jpg 632w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> New Zealand is expected to see a surge in tourism following the release of The Hobbit movie.<\/p>\n<p>Travel websites have reported a significant growth this month in searches and bookings to the country following the launch of the JRR Tolkien-inspired film.<\/p>\n<p>The flight search website Skyscanner reported a 102 per cent increase in worldwide flight searches to New Zealand this month compared to December 2011, including a 117 per cent rise in searches to Wellington, the country&#8217;s capital city.<\/p>\n<p>The travel booking website Expedia had an 84 per cent increase in flight bookings to the country in December.<\/p>\n<p>Bookings for New Zealand in 2012 went up by 30 per cent last month for hotel booking website Laterooms.com, with a 100 per cent rise in bookings for the small town of Matamata alone, where much of The Lord of the Rings trilogy and its prequel were filmed.<\/p>\n<p>[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.brisbanetimes.com.au\/travel\/travel-news\/back-again-interest-in-new-zealand-surges-thanks-to-hobbit-20121231-2c23u.html\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Zealand is expected to see a surge in tourism following the release of The Hobbit movie. 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