A BRITISH tourist has drowned in his hotel swimming pool in Majorca.
The 72-year-old holidaymaker was found face down in the water by paramedics who rushed to the resort which sits just minutes away from the Love Island villa.
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The alarm was raised just after 8.30am this morning in S’llot – a small tourist town on the south east coast of the Balearic Island.
Officials discovered the man in the pool of the three-star BJ Playa Blanca Hotel.
Emergency medical organisation SAMU said: “A British man aged 72 has been found floating face down in the swimming pool of a hotel in S’Illot.
“He was pulled out of the water and basic resuscitation manoeuvres were practiced on him until the first ambulances arrived when it was confirmed he had gone into cardiac arrest.
“Despite attempts to resuscitate him he died. The alarm was raised at 8.37am this morning.”
An air ambulance was quickly mobilised as well as a life-support ambulance.
Spanish cops are yet to make an official comment on the circumstances surrounding the Brit’s death.
An investigation is underway with island police still at the scene.
S’llot is just a 15-minute drive away from the Love Island villa in Sant Llorenç des Cardassar.
The BJ Playa Blanca Hotel is a popular beachfront resort with 100 rooms.
It says on its website: “We offer access to the best white sand beaches and mountainous areas of the island.
“Find spectacular scenery and enjoy the promenade that runs along the coast and connects the two beaches.”
The tragedy comes just days after a 75-year-old Brit died while swimming during a boat trip in Greece.
The man was dragged from the sea off the holiday hotspot of Kefalonia during the tourist trip.
Another pensioner died on his sun lounger in Agia Paraskevi, Skiathos by horrified beachgoers after he went for a swim.
A local doctor tried to revive the man for 40 minutes but was unable to do so.
In June, another Brit tourist died in Greece after he went swimming.
The 68-year-old holidaymaker was found dead after he lost consciousness in the water off the island of Rhodes, local media reported.
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