A missing American tourist has been found dead on a beach on a small Greek island west of Corfu , local media reported. The body of the man was found on Sunday local time (today NZT) on a rocky, fairly remote beach on the island of Mathraki by another tourist. He had been reported missing last week by his host, a Greek-American friend.
The tourist had last been seen on Wednesday at a cafe in the company of two female tourists who have since left the island. No further details about the victim, including a name or hometown, were immediately available. Mathraki, which has a population of 100, is a 3.
9sq km heavily wooded island, west of the better-known Corfu. This was the latest in a string of recent cases in which tourists on the Greek islands have died or gone missing. Some, if not all, had set out on hikes in very hot temperatures.
A 74-year-old Dutch tourist was found by a fire department drone at the weekend lying face down in a ravine about 300m from the spot where he was last observed on June 10, walking with some difficulty in the blistering heat. Dr Michael Mosley , a noted British television presenter and author , was found dead last week on the island of Symi. A coroner concluded that he had died the previous Wednesday, shortly after going for a hike over difficult, rocky terrain.
On Saturday, two French tourists were reported missing on Sikinos, a relatively secluded Cyclades island in the Aegean Sea, with less than 400 permanent residents. The two women, aged 64 a.
