A luxury resort in southern India has turned its swimming pool into a fish farm to stop the business sinking amid the economic crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
Normally the 150-metre pool at the Aveda Resort in Kerala state is packed with European tourists. Now thousands of pearl spot fish are causing the splash.
Of those which are still shuttered, not many boast a pool with 7.5 million litres of water, which can be put to alternative use. The fish, which takes about eight months to reach full size, is a popular ingredient in dishes in southern India and the Middle East.
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