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The Sound of Music

It is approximated that almost 70% of the tourism in Salzburg, Austria comes through because of this famous musical movie. The Pegasus Fountain is featured in the flick but was already one of the most visited spots in the entire city, but the movie increased tourism there even more. The Hellbrunn Palace gazebo also got the Hollywood treatment and gained significantly more fame from visitors after this movie was released. 

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.