Tourist attraction founded by Russell Alexander in 2002, now in partnership with Sir Peter Jackson 620,000 visitors a year Annual turnover $45 million
YOU DON'T HAVE TO worship JRR Tolkien to enjoy Hobbiton. In fact, more than 50% of the 600,000-odd people who visited the hobbit-sized tourist village in Matamata last year haven’t even seen the movies.
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