Two elderly Japanese tourists died and another was missing after being trapped in sudden, heavy snowstorms during a visit to the Great Wall of China, state media reported on Monday.
Two women, aged 62 and 68, were confirmed dead, and a 76-year-old Japanese man remained missing on a snow-covered mountain near the wall in China’s northern Hebei Province, according to a local government statement cited by Xinhua news agency.
Another Japanese tourist and a Chinese man who works for a Japanese tour agency, were receiving medical treatment at a local clinic, Xinhua added.
The group started to climb the mountain from the Beijing side as part of a tour of the Great Wall on Saturday morning.
They were trapped overnight on Saturday after reaching a mountainous region in Huailai county, in the neighbouring province of Hebei, the statement said.
The bodies of the two dead tourists were found some time after 7pm on Sunday.