Personally, I don't see the big deal, having never liked the books in question, but there's no denying that as a tourist attraction, the place packs them in.

Particularly from Asia, too. I would never have thought that the Anne of Green Gables books were so popular there.

i hope everyone knows that lucy maude ripped this story of the chick that wrote _____ of sunnybrook farms...but you never hear that...i live on the island and sure it's a beautiful place but that anne house...what a joke...some1 just burned it down recently and it was never much to look at anyway.i can't get over the amount of money and time that's wasted here advertising this stupid book.if your gonna come to the island...come for the beaches,the tranquility,and the seafood...but don't waste your time or money takin some stupid tour to the anne house where your host will be a 16 year old who know's about as much about the real story as i know about writing comments

Lucy Maud Montgomery's "Anne of Green Gables" is a Canadian classic, loved by generations of girls in Canada and around the world. Each year, thousands of tourists visit the real Green Gables in Prince Edward Island National Park. This was the home of relatives of the author and the setting for the fictional Green Gables. Here you can visit the Haunted Wood and Lovers Lane, although it does lack the Lake of Shining Waters. Wander through the house and picture young Anne in the various rooms. For those of us who grew up with and loved the "Anne" books, visiting the site where her story began is a wonderful opportunity to walk into the setting of a well-loved story. It doesn't measure up to the image; there's now a golf course at the bottom of the hill, but it brings the books to life in a new way.