A British tourist has vanished after failing to board his returnflight home from Barcelona, Spain.

Friends say Daniel Thomas, 51, was last spotted on Saturday at lunchtime after reportedlyhaving his belongings "stolen". Friend Alix Harvey issued an urgent plea for information regarding his whereabouts on social media, confirming that both UK andSpanish police had been notifiedand the British consulate alerted: "PLEASE HELP!"

"Missing in Barcelona. Daniel Thomas, 51. White, British, Male. Was on holiday in Barcelona from Tuesday 14th April and was due back on Saturday 18th April but missed his flight home. Last contact from him was through a BCN airport worker'sinstagramto say he'd lost/had stolen his passport, phone and all money and cards but nobody has seen or heard from him since lunchtime on Saturday 18th April."

"UK and Spanish Police aware, as are the British Consulate. Please contact them with any information if you recognise or have seen him. He doesn't speak Spanish and needs to get to a police station or the British Consulate so arrangements can be made to get him home."

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Mr Thomas is the most recent tourist reported missing from Spain.

Earlier this month, the anxious family of British tourist Paul Daniel Strange, 70, made a desperate appeal for him to make contact after he disappeared on the very day he was due to begin the lengthy drive back in his van from the fishing and tourist town of Palomares in Almeria to his home in Essex. The retired builder and locksmith, from Leigh-on-Sea, had been staying at a friend's apartment.

Father-of-three Paul turned up safe and well within hours of his family going public with an appeal for help, but not before his son and son-in-law had already flown out to Spain to search for him.

On February 11, British holidaymaker Iain Stanley, 79, disappeared in Nerja on the eastern Costa del Sol after leaving an apartment near the town's Perla Marina hotel. He was discovered dead following a week-long police search of the surrounding area.

Source: Daily Express :: World Feed