Just like Birkenstocks and Tevas’ gracing the soles of many people’s feet this year, could anti-tourism marketing campaigns become the new hip thing in 2019?

We sat down with D’Aoust to pick her brain about one of the biggest issues facing the travel industry.

Personally, we’ll do anything to get away from big crowds of people, and if that means faking a heart attack mid-holiday then so be it.

We asked the Sydney Tourism Board if greeting visitors with cookies could boost our ranking, but apparently it’s more complex than baked goods.