Another Adventure Tourism Death In New Zealand – Updated

An Australian tourist, 38-year-old John Parisis, from New South Wales, has fallen and died whilst on a guided tour with Franz Josef Glacier Guides in South Island, New Zealand. Mr Parisis’s cousin, Tina Vasilakis, said yesterday Mr Parisis had been in “good health” and was “excited to start his new life overseas”  (Switzerland). “He walked…

Emily May Harper Named As American Woman Who Died Swimming With Dolphins

The American tourist who was found face down in the water whilst swimming with dolphins in Marlborough Sound on Tuesday has been named as 27 year old Emily May Harper from Denver, Colorado. Please see this article for further details. Initial postmortem results suggest that she did not die from drowning and her boyfriend told…

Emily Jordan’s Father Writes To John Key: Safety Regulations Are "Third World"

from The Birmingham Mail, UK. 9 Sept 09 “The father of a young Midland tourist who died during a river adventure trip in New Zealand has pleaded with the country’s prime minister to make extreme sports safer. Law graduate Emily Jordan, from Worcestershire, drowned on a “river boarding” excursion after guides failed to take safety…