According to stuff.co.nz, a search is under way for a 72-year-old male tourist missing at Treble Cone skifield. Wanaka police and land search and rescue personnel began looking for the man after he failed to meet his bus ride down from the skifield yesterday afternoon. Police said there were “grave concerns” for the man’s safety. Senior Constable Mike Johnston, of Wanaka, said it was believed the man was skiing alone. Read article
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According to themoscowtimes.com, a South Korean tourist turned up unscathed on Monday in a village 40 kilometres from the mountain he was climbing when he went missing. On Sunday rescue workers were informed that the tourist, 76, from South Korea disappeared while taking on Mount Pedan in the Shkotovsky district, Interfax reported. “The tourist from […]
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According to gmanetwork.com, search operations are ongoing for one tourist who remains missing after part of a cave in Sagada in Mountain Province collapsed Sunday, trapping 31 tourists and their guides. The missing tourist was identified as 40-year-old Irene Manaois of Dagupan, Pangasinan by the Cordillera office of the Philippine Information Agency (PIA-CAR) and Office […]
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Trend.az reports that after a two-day search, five missing tourists travelling from the village of Gudani to Shatili in Eastern Georgia were found. Three French citizens and two Georgian were unable to continue their journey after dark, Deputy Governor of the Mtskheta-Mtianeti region, Givi Amirkhanashvili told journalists on Monday. Read article
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According to thejakartaglobe.com, search and rescue crews were dispatched to Central Java’s Mount Merapi in search of two German tourists who failed to return from a Sunday morning climb, an agency official said on Monday. An unidentified man and woman “climbed Mount Merapi from a southern route on Sunday morning and have not yet returned,” […]
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According to shanghaidaily.com, a 53-year-old French tourist was drowned and a 17-year-old French girl went missing Saturday in rough seas off Gozo, the second largest island in Malta, local media reports on Sunday. People on the scene raised the alarm at about 4:45 p.m. local time (1445 GMT) on Saturday. But rescue efforts were unsuccessful […]
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Xinhua reports that three Chinese citizens were killed and another two remained missing Thursday in Afghanistan’s capital of Kabul, said Chinese Embassy here Friday. The fatal crime occurred in an apartment building in Kabul and was believed to target on Chinese citizens, the embassy said in a statement. The embassy had urged the Afghan government […]
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Abc.net.au reports that an Italian tourist missing in the Edith Falls area, about 60 kilometres north of Katherine, has been found. Marco De Amicis, 26, was found this morning by a group of bush walkers near the Jatbulla Trail close to the popular tourist site of Edith Falls. The bush walkers had heard the Italian […]
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According to newyork.cbslocal.com, the NYPD is trying to find a missing Japanese tourist who hasn’t been seen in more than two weeks. Ayako Sato, 47, entered the country through California back on May 28, police said. She came to New York City on June 22 and checked in to the Metro Hotel at 45 West […]
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According to wftv.com, authorities in Volusia County said they are searching for a missing 17-year-old tourist who is visiting the area from Missouri. Officials said Nicole Crowder, 17, was last seen on the beach near the Econo Lodge at 1601 S. Atlantic Avenue Saturday around 5:30 p.m. She was with an unknown black man and […]
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