Hobbits are no longer living

A place called Matamata, New Zealand, was chosen by director Peter Jackson to film trilogy "The Lord of the Rings." This is where the fantasy Shire, which is inhabited by hobbits. After filming the scenery was left to attract tourists. I do not know how this place of visitors, but judging by the photos, is now just a single sheep grazing on the green hills abandoned "Hobbiton» ...