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Kathmandu
A Chinese tourist drowned while swimming in a river in western Nepal, local police said yesterday, as they discovered his body 17 days after the accident occurred.
The 27-year-old man was on a rafting trip down Nepal’s Kali Gandaki river with four other tourists and they had camped on the banks before deciding to go for a swim on February 22, police said.
“He was swept away by the river and did not have a life jacket on,” said assistant sub-inspector, Padam Bahadur Khatri Chettri.
“A local fisherman alerted us about the body. It was found about 1km (half a mile) from his camping site,” Chettri said, adding that an
autopsy was in process.
The snow-fed waters of Kali Gandaki make it one of Nepal’s top rafting destinations, attracting thousands of thrill-seekers keen to experience its rapids, waterfalls and mountain views.
More than 500,000 tourists visit Nepal every year and tourism ranks as a major contributor to the economy of the Himalayan nation.
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