Ben Barnes is a very down to earth guy, and provides a really good example of what he went through on the promotional tour for Prince Caspian.  He mentions New York, where I saw him about four out of the seven days that I was there, and sometimes twice in one day, so I can attest to what he says about his experience there.

It can be hard work being a Hollywood hero. Just ask Ben Barnes, a.k.a. Prince Caspian, star of the billion-dollar-grossing Chronicles of Narnia franchise.

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The C. S. Lewis Society is delighted to present “The Path of C. S. Lewis and British Christianity,” a nine-day educational tour of England, May 31st through June 8th, 2009. With its main focus on Oxford and Cambridge, the trip has been designed to touch minds and hearts –to inform and transform. By tracing the remarkable spread of the gospel in Great Britain and beyond-and C.S. Lewis’s unique role in that advance-we seek to inspire a vision of what God can do yet again, facing today’s challenges.

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Narnia Insiders go “Behind the Scenes” at Narnia’s Creature Studios, with Part 4 of their tour of KNB EFX with Howard Berger.

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Narnia Insiders go “Behind the Scenes” at Narnia’s Creature Studios, with Part 3 of their tour of KNB EFX with Howard Berger.

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Narnia Insiders go “Behind the Scenes” at Narnia’s Creature Studios, with Part 2 of their tour of KNB EFX with Howard Berger.

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Advertisements are set to bombard 600 UK cinemas over the coming weeks in a bid to attract people to Northern Ireland with the slogan, “discover the land that inspired Narnia.”

The campaign is part of Tourism Ireland’s £40 million venture over the next three years to attract visitors to both northern and southern parts of the island.

The movie version of CS Lewis’ Chronicles of Narnia hits screens this weekend.

CS Lewis grew up in Northern Ireland and the film includes many shots of the province, including the Giant’s Causeway.

Bruce Robinson of the department of enterprise trade and investment said Northern Ireland tourism, which attracted 2.3 million visitors in 2004, continues to grow.

“Revenue from overseas visitors grew by ten per cent in 2004 and in August 2005, hotel occupancy reached 71 per cent, the highest recorded in the last ten years,” he said.

The three-year campaign is hoped to reach 200 million people.

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A South Island tour operator reckons it is on to a winner, having gained exclusive access to land used to film The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe.

For more than two years Wanaka Sightseeing has offered tourists five Lord of the Rings tours and is planning to diversify through trading arm Canterbury Sightseeing when the Chronicles of Narnia films hit the big screen.

Director Melissa Heath said yesterday that it took months of negotiating with the owners of Flock Hill before she clinched a deal allowing her to be the sole tour firm with access the property.

The Canterbury location was used for filming the climactic battle scene from the C. S. Lewis classic and featured on the BBC’s The Lost World in 2001.

Lewis’s Chronicles of Narnia are being brought to the big screen by Disney and Heath said she was sure the studio would make them blockbuster successes.

“Disney had their fingers burned by turning down Lord Of The Rings so they are throwing their financial weight behind these movies,” she said. “Lord Of The Rings, it’s mainly a blokes thing … The Chronicles of Narnia series, they’ve already sold 85 million copies. They appeal to the younger market and there’s nostalgic value for parents.”

Heath had no fears that the market for film-related tours would dry up, saying the industry was growing in New Zealand and the company’s business plan was based on changing to meet the needs of any particular movie fan group.

The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe tours will begin next year, after the film’s release in December. The story centres on four London children and their adventures in a world beyond a magic wardrobe.

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