India, Oct. 19 -- Indian tourist traffic to Turkey and Azerbaijan has fallen significantly in the weeks and months following Operation Sindoor and the hostilities in May, claim media reports.

The decline followed Azerbaijan and Turkey's public backing of Pakistan during the military conflict. In May, Azerbaijan echoed Pakistan's stance on the conflict, while Turkey supported Islamabad's demand for an international investigation into the Pahalgam attack. Turkey has also supplied weapons to Pakistan in the past.

According to latest data, cited in an Indian Express' report, the decline has been steeper for Azerbaijan, which recorded a 56 per cent drop in visitors from India during the May-August period, while Turkey saw a 33.3 per cent fal...