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Millions of Brits were tucking into their turkey ahead of the Queen’s Christmas Day message when the three-minute Tourism Australia advertisement – featuring surf, sand and speedos – hit the screens yesterday.They were invited to take a break from “what ails ya” and “call on your friends in Australia” in the musical video, which also starred comedian Adam Hills and included cameos from Shane Warne, Ashleigh Barty and Ian Thorpe.
The rest of the commercial features backyard cricket, the beach, beer, the outback, sausages in bread, and the rhyming of the words “shocker” with “quokka”.Minogue said she has felt like an unofficial ambassador promoting Australia in the UK since the days of“I’ve been doing it anyway, I think now I’ve just got the badge,” Minogue told News Corp. “It feels like the right fit. I think some Brits still think I live in Australia.
The UK is the fourth largest source of tourists to Australia, with more than 700,000 British visitors arriving in the past 12 months.The ad features a couple of cheeky moments.After making the long flight over, they stayed an average of 32 nights in Australia and spent almost $5000 here, according to Tourism Australia figures.
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