Foreign film industries try to woo Bollywood

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Film industries around the world are courting prolific Bollywood after
realising that the Indian song-and-dance movies can yield long-term
dividends by drawing tourists to the locales of their favourite hits. India
produces more than 800 movies a year and Bollywood, has for decades sought
out lush scenes of mountains and lakes for its formulaic love stories.

The first Indian film to be shot in New Zealand was "Sanam Harjai" in 1995
and since then 90 films have been produced entirely or in part in the
country. The influx has led not only to short-term employment in New Zealand
but to a major growth in tourism. In 1995 there were only 400 tourists from
India to New Zealand and this figure rose to 25,000 in 2001 only because of
the awareness among the Indians created by Bollywood. 

Source:
http://sify.com/movies/bollywood/fullstory.php?id=13253728&vsv=37