Irish honeymooners are continuing to shun the island of Mauritius as a potential destination, since the murder of Michaela Harte eight months ago. Read Article
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A DUTCH tourist has been killed in a storm at a campsite in the Isère, after a tree fell on her tent. The 36-year-old woman was on holiday with family at Les Trois Lacs du Soleil camp, in Trept, when the storm hit on Wednesday night. Read Article
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A judge in Aruba has ruled authorities can continue to detain a U.S. man while they investigate the presumed death of his travel companion. The examining magistrate extended the detention of Gary V. Giordano at the request of prosecutors after a closed hearing Wednesday at the Dutch Caribbean island’s prison. Read Article
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Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water … A 48-year-old Australian construction worker was fatally mauled by tiger sharks, Australia’s Townsville Bulletine reports. Read Article
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British Honorary Consul Martin Carpenter confirmed that a 20-year-old British tourist was electrocuted in Patong at about 6am this morning after live power lines came in contact with water. Read Article
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World Croquet Federation president and New Zealander Charles Jones has been killed in an attack at a tourist resort in Thailand, Radio New Zealand reported Thursday.Jones was believed to have been attacked Tuesday in a rented apartment while on holiday in the Jomtien area in the city of Pattaya, said the report. Read Article
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According to MENAFN.COM a body of a Scottish tourist was found Monday morning. Police stated the tourist was visiting for Elvis week and may have committed suicide. Read Article
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A surfer died after being attacked by a shark near Africa’s Cape Town Tuesday. Van Heerde, 49, was reportedly attacked while surfing at Plettenberg Bay. He was surfing with a large group of surfers when he was reportedly bitten in the groin and the femoral artery was severed. Read Article
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Jordi Blasi-Elias was attacked by two enraged females near a campsite where the couple were staying in Namibia, southern Africa. The 47-year-old holidaymaker’s wife Maria watched as the animals hurled him three times on to the ground just 5m (16ft) from where she sat in their rented vehicle. Read Article
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