Following its blatant support for pakistan during the recent crisis with india, turkey has initiated a damage-control campaign in response to criticism and a wave of indian travelers canceling their trips. To mitigate the damage, Turkey's Department of Tourism has publicly urged indian visitors to stay in the country, promising them safety and a warm welcome.
Indian tourists are "welcome and treated with the utmost courtesy across turkey -- in hotels, restaurants, shops, and all tourist attractions -- just as they have always been," according to a social media post that is allegedly from Turkey's tourism authority and is currently making the rounds.
Shiv Sena (UBT) mp Priyanka Chaturvedi, in a strongly-worded post on X, responded: "No Turkiye, indians won't come spending money on tourism in a country that uses the same to arm Pakistan. Look for your tourists elsewhere, our money ain't blood money."
BJP kerala state president rajeev Chandrashekhar, in a terse post, just said, "No, thank you," accompanied by hashtags #BoycottTurkey and #SayNoToTurkey.
Veteran journalist Vir Sanghvi also weighed in, writing on X: "Frankly we don't give a damn whether turkey is safe or whether you welcome tourists. You must be mad if you think we want to visit a country whose naked military support for pakistan and drones has spilled the blood of Indians. Invite Pakistani tourists instead."
The chairman of RPG Enterprises, industrialist Harsh Goenka, emphasized the region's economic benefits from indian tourism. "Turkey and azerbaijan received more than Rs 4,000 crore from indian tourists last year. produced jobs. increased their flights, hotels, weddings, and economy. Both now support pakistan in the wake of the pahalgam incident. india and the rest of the world are plenty of stunning locations. Please do not go to these two locations. His writing was, "Jai Hind."
In the meantime, indian travel companies such as Cox & Kings and EaseMyTrip have halted all travel packages to turkey and azerbaijan, claiming that this is because these nations support Pakistan.
Indian tourists are "welcome and treated with the utmost courtesy across turkey -- in hotels, restaurants, shops, and all tourist attractions -- just as they have always been," according to a social media post that is allegedly from Turkey's tourism authority and is currently making the rounds.
Shiv Sena (UBT) mp Priyanka Chaturvedi, in a strongly-worded post on X, responded: "No Turkiye, indians won't come spending money on tourism in a country that uses the same to arm Pakistan. Look for your tourists elsewhere, our money ain't blood money."
BJP kerala state president rajeev Chandrashekhar, in a terse post, just said, "No, thank you," accompanied by hashtags #BoycottTurkey and #SayNoToTurkey.
Veteran journalist Vir Sanghvi also weighed in, writing on X: "Frankly we don't give a damn whether turkey is safe or whether you welcome tourists. You must be mad if you think we want to visit a country whose naked military support for pakistan and drones has spilled the blood of Indians. Invite Pakistani tourists instead."
The chairman of RPG Enterprises, industrialist Harsh Goenka, emphasized the region's economic benefits from indian tourism. "Turkey and azerbaijan received more than Rs 4,000 crore from indian tourists last year. produced jobs. increased their flights, hotels, weddings, and economy. Both now support pakistan in the wake of the pahalgam incident. india and the rest of the world are plenty of stunning locations. Please do not go to these two locations. His writing was, "Jai Hind."
In the meantime, indian travel companies such as Cox & Kings and EaseMyTrip have halted all travel packages to turkey and azerbaijan, claiming that this is because these nations support Pakistan.
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