Kearsley (2002) has said that "if this film (Lord of the Rings) achieves half of what is expected, it will be massive for New Zealand - Critically examine the impact of the film of New Zealand tourism policy.

Kearsley (2002) has said that "if this film (Lord of the Rings) achieves half of what is expected, it will be massive for New Zealand". Critically examine the impact of the film of New Zealand tourism policy. The Lord of the Rings was written by J.R.R. Tolkien in 1954 and has become one of the most well known and read books in history. Christmas 2001 saw the long awaited release of the first part of the film trilogy directed by New Zealander Peter Jackson. The films took eighteen months to make and were filmed on location in New Zealand at a cost of more than £200 million (Newsround, 2001). The book itself was a massive hit worldwide and the films look set to be just as successful. The first in the trilogy, "The Fellowship of the Ring" has won four Oscars (Syfy Portal, 2002) and five Baftas (Gibbons, 2002). This essay aims to examine whether "The Lord of the Rings" will be as much of a success for New Zealand's tourism industry as it has been for it's director, Peter Jackson and the impact that the film has already had on New Zealand's tourism policies. New Zealand is about the same size and shape as Great Britain but with a much smaller population. A population of 3.8 million makes it one of the world's least crowded countries (Tourism New Zealand, 2002). New Zealand's landscape varies dramatically from "vast mountain chains, steaming volcanoes, sweeping

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Travel as a physical impact on the Environment

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES Travel as a physical impact on the Environment Was written in 2007 by Hajnalka Andrea Nagy (0706338) for Professional skills (BS 1107), tutor: Miss Marie Nolan The document contains 1214 words Executive summary In this report the importance of environmental issues is highlighted in relation with the travel and transport industry. There are some external factors that influence the travel industry and it is explained how they affect the environment. It is also highlighted that being environmentally conscious will be more beneficial for businesses on a long term basis. The aim of this report is to help decision makers in the travel and transport industry in their further decisions balancing appropriately between giving priority to environmental issues and making bigger profits over spoiling the environment. The report contains gathered data of different kinds of sources from government reports, market intelligence such as Mintel and Keynote reports, to BBC publications and national statistics. On-line articles like The Independent, The Guardian, The Observer and Financial Times provided additional information for being up to date. The key findings of this report are that although there are some negative environmental effects - by the usage of old vehicles and the increasing number of flights - that the travel and transport industry inflicts; on

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