Rescue workers today recovered the body of an Australian tourist from the sea near the southern Thai resort island of Koh Samui, ending a search for those missing after a speedboat capsized earlier this week.

At least three British people were among tourists who drowned when an overloaded speedboat capsized as it was sailing them from a Thai beach party, police said today.

An overcrowded boat carrying revellers from a beach party capsized last night in the Gulf of Thailand, killing at least seven people.