The document discusses New Zealand Tourism's campaign to leverage The Hobbit film trilogy to increase tourism by showing that New Zealand is where the fantasy of Middle-earth is real. The campaign ran from 2012-2015 across 6 phases to promote New Zealand as a filming location for The Hobbit and engage fans through advertising, partnerships, trade promotion, media coverage, and social media. Evaluation found high awareness of the film-tourism connection and that 14% of visitors were motivated by The Hobbit films to visit New Zealand.