A SPEEDBOAT with 11 European tourists and two crew members on board has vanished off the coast of Indonesia.

Rescuers are now searching for the vessel that went missing off a bay on Sulawesi Island more than 24 hours ago.

A diving boat with Manado Tua in the background, Bunaken National Marine Park Credit: Alamy

A Czech man, a Belgian man, five Dutch nationals, three Germans, a French woman and two Indonesian crew members are believed to have been on board.

The group departed Tojo Unauna regency in Central Sulawesi province on Friday morning bound for Marisa Port in the neighbouring Gorontalo province but failed to arrive as scheduled.

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“Concerns arose when their speedboat had not arrived by afternoon,” said Heriyanto, Head of the Gorontalo Province Search and Rescue Office.

“We immediately launched a search mission overnight but until now have not found any signs of the vessel or people on board.”