A BRIT who went missing in Rhodes has tragically been found dead.
The 47-year-old’s body was found by a beachgoer on the sand.
Rhodes island, where the man went missing
He went missing after swimming with his niece at Theologos beach last Wednesday.
His niece is believed to have left the water before him, leaving him in it alone.
When she noticed he hadn’t returned after some time, she went to find him – but couldn’t.
She alerted police who launched a desperate search, before his lifeless body was eventually discovered on the beach by someone passing by, according to local media.
The man’s identity has not been revealed.
Days earlier, a 71-year-old old British tourist was pulled unconscious from the sea in Greece.
The woman was taken to a hospital where she was pronounced dead after being found near the town of Gouvia, Corfu.
An investigation is being carried out by the Central Port Authority of Corfu, while an autopsy has also been ordered, local media iefimerida reported.
A few weeks before that, another Brit, 66, was pulled from the water unconscious at Achladies beach in Skiathos.
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