Elephants that have been struggling from the closure of Thailand's tourist industry helped out serving food at a street stall this morning.

The Maesa elephant camp in Chiang Mai is home to the largest assembly of elephants in the country. Due to coronavirus restrictions, the camp is not allowed to accept tourists until the quarantine ends.

But the place continues to take care of the elephants and their staff despite not having an income.

To manage the situation, staff planted vegetables and cooked healthy meals to sell with the help of the jumbos.

Footage shows how mahouts took some of the elephants out of the camp to help the staff sell the vegetables and food.

Camp director Anchalee Kalamapichit said they are having trouble with their operating expenses during the pandemic so selling food helps ease their finances.

She said: "We have to pay around four million THB (97,466GBP) per month in expenses for taking care of the staff and the elephants.

"We decided not to lay off the staff but since there are no visitors, we had to find alternatives.

"Selling vegetables and food is a good idea even if though money is not that much. It also helps to reduce stress for the jobless elephants.

"We set a low price for the food and vegetable, so it would also help the locals during this hard time."