FORTY-TWO people were injured after two boats carrying Thai and foreign tourists collided in the Gulf of Thailand near an island famed for its wild parties, police said yesterday.

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.

Thai rescuers were searching for at least five tourists still missing today after their overcrowded boat capsized and sank while carrying revellers back from a full-moon beach party.

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