SRINAGAR: Two tourists, one from the US and another from Gujarat, died on Saturday in J&K's Sonamarg and Pahalgam hill stations.
Officials said that the US tourist, identified as Lana Marie, fell ill at a hotel in Sonamarg hill station in Ganderbal district.
"Marie was shifted to the primary health centre (PHC) in Sonamarg where doctors said she had been dead on arrival, " the officials said.
"The body is at the PHC in Sonamarg and medico-legal formalities are being completed, " the officials said.
The Gujarati tourist, identified as 63-year-old Vangikar Anagha, fell unconscious inside the hotel in the Pahalgam tourist resort, they said.
Anagha was shifted to the hospital where doctors said she was dead on arrival. Medico-legal formalities have been started in this incident by police in Pahalgam, they added.