(10) ‘Poverty tourism’: Travellers offered night’s stay in Mumbai slum.

Tourists have been offered the chance to spend the night in a Mumbai slum, in order to experience a taste of extreme poverty. This scheme has been created to allow visitors to experience the “reality” of living under financial hardship in India’s financial capital, with the “attraction” including the use of a public toilet shared with more than 50 other families. Credit: Al Jazeerd

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