Simon Milne na Cibiyar Binciken Yawon shakatawa na Jami'ar Auckland ya ce yayin da ya yi imanin cewa asarar da aka yi a kasar "ba ta da iyaka," za su yi matukar muhimmanci, idan an daina yin fim na "Hobbit" a New Zealand. Milne ya ce asarar zai kasance a cikin miliyoyin.
Jaridar New Zealand Herald ta nakalto shi yana cewa "Don rasa damar shigar da wasu manyan daloli na kasashen waje cikin tattalin arzikin New Zealand zai zama mai ban tsoro."
The Lord of the Rings trilogy ya samar da ayyuka kusan 1,500 ga ‘yan wasan kwaikwayo da ma’aikatan jirgin da kuma har zuwa 20,000 ta hanyar abinci, karbar baki, da kwangilolin sufuri, in ji shi.
“Yaya kuke auna tasirin tasirin kasarmu? Wane irin tasiri tallace-tallacen wannan fim ɗin ke da shi a kan sanin gaba ɗaya game da New Zealand da gaskiyar cewa wani zai iya shiga ya sayi kwalbar giya na New Zealand a babban kanti a Faransa?
"Ba wai balaguro zuwa kasar nan ba ne, har ma da alamar mu a ketare," in ji shi.
Ƙididdiga ta kuma nuna cewa 1 cikin 10 baƙi sun yarda cewa an rinjayi su zuwa New Zealand lokacin da ake yin fim ɗin "Ubangiji na Zobba" kuma an sake shi.
