New Australian Tourism Campaign

Would you want to get on a plane for 24 hours just to swim in a Billabong?

Australia's new tourism campaign is aimed at stressed and depressed Northern Hemisphere types who can afford to buy some carbon credits and jet off to the sun. Doubt it will work. Personally I liked the last campaign, even if it did have some naughty words. The days of long haul tourism seem to be behind us and Australia is going to have to work hard to get some of those visitors.

So Where the Bloody Hell Are You?

Abu the Maggot Mullah Crawls Out

Indonesia today announced a new anti tourist strategy recently with the appointment of Abu Bakar Bashir as Minister for Abusing Westerners.

In a talk given in October last year, Bashir urged his followers to “beat up” western tourists, whom he called “worms, snakes and maggots”, The Australian reported today.

Why Australians would holiday in that country is a little beyond me. If ever there was a worm snake or maggot, it is him.