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Tourists Heading to Mississippi for 'The Help'

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    Fans are flocking to see the sites of their favorite characters in hit movie

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First a best selling novel and now all box office hit that help is helping to make Jackson Mississippi as familiar to Americans as -- home cooked meal out.

-- Movie fans are screaming Jackson to go on help inspired sewers in exploring the same streets in -- -- able lean in their other favorite characters didn't the story we've gotten calls.

Not just from locals but actually from people from all over the country asking about -- the free self guided tour takes visitors through Jackson in the Belle haven neighborhood where much of the -- -- set.

If you thought those milk shakes your feeling played by Emma Stone in best friend -- Holbrook played by Bryce Dallas Howard were drinking in the movie looks good.

Just wait until you try your -- at brands drug store where you can even sit in that same -- the actors did.

Several scenes were filmed here in many of the vintage movie props used are proudly on display.

-- -- -- -- -- Ticket drive down -- and divine streets to see where -- -- and Elizabeth lethal lived in the novel.

As a senator Stewart went worst bothered would've spent his days at the State Capitol building.

Skeeter Stewart's love interest also -- the steps of the capitol on the film other sites on the tour include the home -- civil rights activist Medgar Evers in the headquarters of the junior league of Jackson.

And if all of this isn't enough to get -- to -- to help.

The film which is already grossed a 137 million dollars at the box office is giving a big boost to tourism in Jackson during a down economy.

A lot of people especially with an economy like this are looking to see how far -- dollar's gonna stress.

Your dollar stretch is a lot farther in Jackson Mississippi than it does most other places.

-- Jackson Mississippi I'm here -- foxnews.com.

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