Hay-on-Wye is a small town in Wales, just over the border from England. While once a relatively unknown town, the town rose to fame in the second half of the 20th century as a literary hot spot. Influenced by Richard Booth's opening of a secondhand bookshop in a converted fire station, a number of other entrepreneurs followed suit, until the tiny town held over 30 used bookshops; by the 1970s, it became known around the world as the "Town of Books." Aided by Booth's publicity efforts, Hay-on-Wye was turned from a sleepy market town with fewer than 2,000 inhabitants to a thriving tourist destination. The town now boasts half a million tourists per year and hosts a popular annual literary festival. Booth himself was inducted into the Order of the British Empire for his efforts to encourage tourism.

Which of the following is the primary purpose of the passage?

(A) To argue for the importance of secondhand bookshops
(B)To describe the life of Richard Booth
(C)To explain the development of Hay-on Wye as a literary center
(D)To highlight Richard Booth's publicity efforts to encourage tourism
(E) To depict the town of Hay-on-Wye