The Australian Tourist Commission's Aussie Help line, (847) 296-4900, can provide information on hostels.

Therefore the Australian Tourist Commission is drawing up another - and presumably more detailed - code of conduct for visitors, to be issued within a few months.

Tony Harrison was a former corporate affairs manager with the Australian Tourist Commission.

Genk was recently voted the friendliest city in Europe by the SEA Tourist Commission.

The brochure also contained some reassuring information, designed to quell the fears of the most nervous traveler, and to prove that the Tourist Commission had thought of everything.

If any relatives started suing the Tourist Commission for a few million dollars, that would undo his entire publicity campaign for the next year--even if he won.

We thought it was a good idea to have him on the Tourist Commission, now that he's retired.

Call the Australian Tourist Commission, (800) 433-2877, or visit www.2000.australia .

She was also retained by the Australian Tourist Commission in 2003 as 'their face of Australia in Italy'.

For further information, contact the Western Australian Tourist Commission; tel: 071-240 2881.