22-05-2025
After Turkey, Azerbaijan boycott, Indians are now visiting these Muslim countries, check names here
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India boycotting Turkey and Azerbaijan: After India conducted Operation Sindoor and killed more than a hundred terrorists across multiple terror camps in Pakistan, barely two countries of the world came in support of Pakistan but after reading this update, they must be regretting their decision. The two prominent countries who came to the support of Pakistan during the recent India-Pakistan tensions were Turkey and Azerbaijan, and as a result, Indians are boycotting the tourist destinations of these two Muslim-dominated countries and choosing other countries as their holiday destinations. Indian visiting Muslim countries
According to tourism industry experts quoted by various reports, the Indian visitors are choosing new sites in various countries Muslim like Kazakhstan, Egypt, Jordan, Georgia and Armenia. According to a Atlis report, a 42 percent drop in visa applications for Turkey and Azerbaijan after India conducted Operation Sindoor.
Readers must note that visitors are also looking for Europe and South-East Asian countries but due to their visa and weather issues respectively, they are not choosing them as their destinations.
Also, Subhash Goyal, Chairman of STIC Travel Group and President of Indian Association of Tour Operators (IATO) was quoted saying in a report that the choice of Indian tourists has shifted from Turkey to Islamic countries like Egypt and Jordan to Armenia and Georgia over Azerbaijan due to the changed geo-political conditions. MEA on Turkey, Pakistan terrorism issue
India recently emphasised that it expects Turkey to 'strongly urge' Pakistan to end its support to cross-border terrorism and take credible and verifiable actions against the terror ecosystem it has harboured for decades.
'We expect Turkey to strongly urge Pakistan to end its support to cross-border terrorism and take credible and verifiable actions against the terror ecosystem it has harboured for decades. Relations are built on the basis of sensitivities to each other's concerns,' Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal stated during a weekly media briefing in New Delhi.
Led by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey has openly backed Pakistan's aggression and military response to India's decisive Operation Sindoor targeting Pakistani terror infrastructure.
(With inputs from agencies)
