Tourism hot as 'hell' Down Under

The controversial and recently axed "Where The Bloody Hell Are You?" tourism campaign appears to have paid off with Australia posting its strongest tourist spending in close to a decade.

Holidaymakers injected A$85 billion ($80 billion) into the A$1 trillion economy in 2006-2007, with overseas visitors accounting for $22 billion of that, up 9.8 percent, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said.

The bureau's figures include total consumption, such as meals, drinks and attractions.