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A Hong Kong man died on Thursday morning after he stumbled and fell about 305 metres (1,000 feet) into the Grand Canyon in the US state of Arizona.
The man, who was part of a tour group, was at a popular tourist spot on the Hualapai reservation outside the boundaries of the national park, according to park spokesman David Leibowitz.

A helicopter lifted the man’s body out of the canyon on Thursday afternoon. His identity has not been released.
The fall happened at the famous Skywalk attraction.
Leibowitz said the man in his 50s fell at nearby Eagle Point while trying to take photographs.


The Skywalk, a horseshoe-shaped glass bridge that juts out from the canyon wall, over a sheer drop of 1,200 metres (4,000 feet).
The rim has some ledges and outcroppings below but no barrier between tourists and the drop into the canyon.
Signs at Eagle Point warn tourists not to get too close to the edge.
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Leibowitz said the area had closed for the day. He extended the tribe’s prayers to the man’s family.
The Hualapai reservation includes a roughly 161km (100-mile) stretch of the Grand Canyon at its western edge.
Meanwhile, authorities at Grand Canyon National Park to the east were trying to identify the body of another person, believed to be a foreign national. The body was found on Tuesday evening in a wooded area south of Grand Canyon Village away from the rim, the park said.
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The person’s relatives had not been notified and the cause of death is unclear, park spokeswoman Vanessa Ceja-Cervantes said. The National Park Service and the local medical examiner’s office were investigating.
The Grand Canyon is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the US, drawing nearly 6.4 million visitors last year.


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Hong Kong tourist taking photos falls 300 metres to his death in Grand Canyon near famous Skywalk attraction

People walk on the Grand Canyon Skywalk on the Hualapai Indian Reservation in Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona, in this file photo. Photo: AP

FILE - In this March 20, 2007, file photo, the Skywalk hangs over the Grand Canyon on the Hualapai Indian Reservation before its grand opening ceremony at Grand Canyon West, Ariz. Crews are searching for a tourist who slipped and fell over the edge of a Grand Canyon lookout on tribal land. The fall happened Thursday, March 28, 2019, morning on the Hualapai Tribe's reservation outside the boundaries of Grand Canyon National Park. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

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The fiery aftermath of a helicopter crash in the Grand Canyon on Saturday, that killed three British tourists. The identity of the person on the right is not known. Photo: Teddy Fujimoto

FILE PHOTO: The Grand Canyon National Park in northern Arizona, April, 12, 2015. REUTERS/Jim Urquhart/File photo

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--BAD-- A9B1TR TOURISTS MATHER POINT VIEWPOINT SOUTH RIM GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK ARIZONA USA

--UGLY-- D4X1NG Visitors look down at the Grand Canyon through the transparent floor of the Skywalk, a cantilever glass platform. Image shot 2012. Exact date unknown.

FILE--A mule train winds its way down the Bright Angel trail at Grand Canyon National Park, Ariz., in this March 27, 1996 file photo. Grand Canyon National Park is plagued by noisy air tours, jammed parking lots and nonstop river traffic, says the Wilderness Society. The group's annual list of most endangered wild places includes the canyon and 14 other areas, primarily in the West. (AP Photo/Jeff Robbins, File)

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The man in his 50s fell from Eagle Point on the Hualapai Tribe’s reservation
He was part of a tour group visiting the Skywalk, a glass bridge that hangs over the gorge


The man in his 50s fell from Eagle Point on the Hualapai Tribe’s reservation. He was part of a tour group visiting the Skywalk, a glass bridge that hangs over the gorge.


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Hong Kong tourist taking photos falls 300 metres to his death in Grand Canyon near famous Skywalk attraction

.css-1mniedq{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;}The man in his 50s fell from Eagle Point on the Hualapai Tribe’s reservation He was part of a tour group visiting the Skywalk, a glass bridge that hangs over the gorge

The man in his 50s fell from Eagle Point on the Hualapai Tribe’s reservation

He was part of a tour group visiting the Skywalk, a glass bridge that hangs over the gorge