The consequences are already tragic: six of them lost their lives at the end of this festive evening in Vang Vieng, a town in Laos popular with revelers traveling in the jungle.
City of wild parties
A second Australian woman, 19, died on Friday in a hospital in Thailand, bringing to six the number of tourists who died after being victims, according to British and Australian media, of adulterated alcohol poisoning in Laos.
The other victims are two Danes, an Englishwoman and an American, their respective governments said.
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Originally from Melbourne, the young Australian was traveling with her best friend, who died in the same circumstances, after staying in a youth hostel in Vang Vieng.
Canberra demanded from Laos a “full and transparent” investigation into the circumstances of these two deaths.
In Laos, the Vietnamese manager of the youth hostel was taken into custody, Laotian tourist police said. No charges have been filed at this stage.
Since communist Laos opened up to tourism, Vang Vieng has been a popular city for backpackers visiting Southeast Asia.
It became a place for wild parties organized in the jungle, before reestablishing its name as an ecotourism destination.
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