A British tourist has died after plunging down a stairwell at his holiday apartment complex in Tenerife.

The tragedy occurred around 5.30am on Saturday in the popular resort of Playa de las Americas but only came to light overnight.

The victim is understood to be a 24-year-old man who was on the second floor when he fell ‘face first’ to his death.

Emergency services raced to the apartment complex on an avenue called Avenida Rafael Puig Lluvina, after receiving reports a person was lying apparently lifeless on the ground.

There was nothing paramedics could do to save him, and he was sadly pronounced dead at the scene.

Police have discovered the Brit holidaymaker had attended an electronic music festival in nearby Costa Adeje earlier the same day with a friend.

Officers are said to be working on the theory he woke up during the night and left the fourth-floor apartment he was staying in moments before his fall in an accident from two floors down.

The results of a post-mortem, which will include tests to determine whether he consumed drink or drugs before his death that could have influenced his behaviour, have yet to be made public.

A British tourist has died after plunging down a stairwell at his holiday apartment complex in Tenerife (File image of Tenerife)

A local investigating court has been placed in charge of an ongoing investigation into the incident.

The Daily Mail has contacted the UK’s foreign office for comment.  

Earlier this month an elderly British holidaymaker was rushed to hospital after falling from the second floor of his Lanzarote hotel into a knee-deep fish pond filled with Koi carp and terrapins.

Firefighters and medical staff had to be called to rescue the plunge victim after the bizarre incident at the five-star H10 Rubicon Horizons Collection in the popular resort of Playa Blanca.

One well-placed source said after the April 18 late-night incident: ‘It’s being treated as an accident. It appears he was on the second floor with his wife and peered down to take a look at the fish pond below before losing his balance and falling.’

Medical staff had already fitted the elderly tourist with a neck brace by the time firefighters arrived.

They lifted him out on a rescue board they had strapped him onto before taking him to a waiting ambulance.

He was then evacuated to Molina Orosa Hospital in the Lanzarote capital Arrecife.

It subsequently emerged the victim was a 70-year-old man from Hartlepool who was later transferred to the UK and taken to James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough with multiple injuries including broken bones and a head injury.

More to follow.