Wednesday, 16 December, 2020 - 13:45
Workers on Fiji s Coral Coast say tourism has all but evaporated because of coronavirus | AFP Asharq Al-Awsat
Fiji dive operator Ashwin Pal was living his dream until the global pandemic hit, guiding tourists around an underwater wonderland of dazzling Pacific coral reefs.
Now the 35-year-old hunts the neon-hued fish he once proudly showed off to international visitors, forced to kill the creatures he loves to feed his wife and four children.
And the coronavirus-induced shutdown of Fiji s tourism industry is not the only crisis facing Pal s Coral Coast paradise, with climate change posing a longer-term threat to the region s marine environment.
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