USimon Milne weTourism Research Institute yase-Auckland University of Technology uthe nakuba ekholelwa ukuthi ukulahlekelwa kwezwe “akunakulinganiswa,” kuzoba okuphawulekayo, uma ukuqoshwa kwamafilimu e-“Hobbit” kuyeka eNew Zealand. UMilne uthe kuzolahleka ezigidini.

"Ukulahlekelwa yithuba lokuxhuma amanye amadola angaphandle emnothweni waseNew Zealand kungaba yinhlekelele," iNew Zealand Herald yamcaphuna esho.

I-Lord of the Rings trilogy idale amathuba emisebenzi efinyelela ku-1,500 yabalingisi nabasebenzi futhi ifinyelela ku-20,000 ngokuphakelwa, izivakashi, nezinkontileka zokuthutha, esho.

“Uwukala kanjani umthelela kumkhiqizo wethu wezwe? Imuphi umthelela ukumaketha kwale filimu okunawo ekwazini nje okujwayelekile mayelana ne-New Zealand kanye neqiniso lokuthi othile angase angene athenge ibhodlela lewayini laseNew Zealand esitolo esikhulu e-France?

“Akusikhona nje ukuya kuleli, kumayelana nomkhiqizo wethu phesheya kwezilwandle,” kusho yena.

Izibalo ziphinde zabonisa ukuthi isivakashi esisodwa kwezingu-1 sivumile ukuthi sathonywa ukuza eNew Zealand lapho ifilimu ethi “The Lord of the Rings” iqoshwa futhi ikhululwa.