Northern Territory News (Australia)
December 26, 2007
Tourists love rogue crocs
Spoilers!
THERE'S no accounting for some folk.
It's strange but true that after a Northern Territory crocodile attack makes the news, there is an increase in tourist numbers.
"The idea that you might get eaten is kind of titillating and, I guess, adds a little something to the trip," says Radha Mitchell, star of the croc thriller Rogue, which has screened in the Territory.
So one can only assume there will be an almighty influx of visitors after the release of Rogue next month in other parts of Australia and in the US.
The film follows a group of tourists, including US star Michael Vartan and Melbourne-born Stephen Curry, as they are terrorised by a large saltwater croc on a cruise led by a local guide, played by Mitchell.
Rather than ducking for cover, Tourism NT has embraced the movie for what director Greg McLean calls "a giant postcard for the Northern Territory".
McLean was recruited by Tourism NT as a guide for a recent trip to extol the virtues of the area.
"There were times we weren't going to shoot footage in some of those locations and eventually I said, 'Look, for this film to be as unique and representative as it needs to be, and as mind-blowing for international audiences, you have to find the most amazing parts of the Northern Territory and Australia'," McLean says.
"Katherine Gorge is our equivalent to the Grand Canyon."
© 2007 The Northern Territory News Pty. Ltd.
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