I spoke to a travel agen friend today about this and was told yes Tourist departments do get plenty of free trips from other countries tourist departments, they are called fact finding trips, gets them out of the poo with the tax man by calling them fact findind.

I vote that marshalls should be sent on fact finding trips to Macau, Daytona, Assen TT, Spanish GP, German GP and last of all the star prize OZZ WSB, we need to know ho wthe wooly backs keeps the gulls of the track at Phillip Island