Film Review: The Land Of Enchantment

Tourism in the Southwest When was tourism first introduced to New Mexico and it’s native people? Well New Mexico has been a true vision for people wanting to visit “The Land of Enchantment” and the “Magical” place full of new and exciting culture since the late nineteenth century. This vision of New Mexico has been shown to people from films like “The Tourists.” Which follows four tourists on a train from Santa Fe to New Mexico’s biggest city, Albuquerque. The film shows a new exciting place involving great sights and items made only in the “Land of Enchantment” by it’s native people. This early excitement of the state has even brought Lay’s Potato Chips to make there own take on this state with “Santa Fe Ranch.” Although made in 2003, it still gives the same image with the incredible taste of spices the state offers and the beauty of it with the imagery on the bag.
The film took place in Albuquerque, New Mexico as four tourists from a Santa Fe train stopped off at Albuquerque to enjoy the sights and sounds of the Pueblo Indian culture. They miss their train and embark on the excitement the new soon to be tourist attraction. The film shows the accurate days in Albuquerque at the time despite the movies comedy and antics. It showed the viewers the ethnic and new culture that many tourists should see as the new territory brought new life to the twentieth