Chinese tourist on tour from Phuket drowns off Koh Phi Phi

A Chinese tourist who had taken a tour from Phuket drowned while diving off Koh Phi Phi yesterday afternoon (April 1).

Krabi officials were called to investigate a report of a Chinese tourist who had drowned while diving in Ao Loh Moo and learned that the victim, named as Xu Weixiang, 44, had come with a Phuket tour company for diving at Koh Phi Phi.

Rescue workers took the body to Phi Phi Hospital for autopsy, after which it will be returned to Phuket said a Krabi official.

The Phuket Tourism and Sport Department have been notified of the death.

Phuket News

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