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.

The stay costs 2,000 rupees (£22), all of which goes to the host family.

While some have criticised the "slum hotel" for being an example of "poverty tourism", saying it treats people who live in slums like "animals in a zoo", David Bijl, 32, who runs the scheme thinks it is good for Mumbai and raising awareness of poverty.

Mr Bijl works for an NGO in conjunction with a local resident, Ravi Sansi. Mr Sansi lives in the one-bedroom home with 16 of his family members.