Police say a tourist has died snorkelling at the Great Barrier Reef. Photo: ODT fileA tourist has died while snorkelling at Australia's Great Barrier Reef, police said on Thursday, the fourth such fatality in recent months. Three other tourists died swimming at the reef in November. The Great Barrier Reef stretches 2,000 km (1,200 miles) along Australia's northeast coast and is the world's largest living ecosystem. It attracts more than two million visitors each year and brings in billions of dollars in tourism revenue.

Source: Otago Daily Times February 02, 2017 00:33 UTC