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In the wake of a diplomatic storm sparked by India’s “Operation Sindoor” on 7 May 2025, Indian destination weddings are getting cancelled, leaving Turkey’s tourism industry fray. The boycott, ignited by Turkey’s public support for Pakistan alongside Azerbaijan, has unleashed a wave of cancellations that threatens to unravel years of growth in Turkey’s wedding tourism sector. “Indian wedding travellers contribute over $140 million annually to Turkey’s tourism economy, and the impact of this shift is seismic,” Nikhil Mahajan, Senior Representative at Kestone Utsav, an Indian wedding planning firm, told FE.

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