By Hritam Mukherjee

BENGALURU, May 14 (Reuters) - Indians are cancelling

holidays in popular resorts in Turkey and Azerbaijan after the

countries supported Pakistan during its recent conflict with New

Delhi, two booking firms said.

Ties between India and Pakistan nosedived after a deadly

attack in Indian ashmir last month that New Delhi said was

backed by Islamabad.

Pakistan denied involvement, but intense fighting broke out

when India struck what it said were "terrorist camps" in

Pakistan last week. They agreed a ceasefire on Saturday which

has largely held.

Turkey and Azerbaijan, popular budget holiday destinations

for Indians, issued statements backing Islamabad after India's

strikes.

"Bookings for Azerbaijan and Turkey decreasing by 60% (over

the last week) while cancellations have surged by 250% during

the same period," a spokesperson for MakeMyTrip ( MMYT ) said.

EaseMyTrip's Chief Executive Officer, Rikant

Pittie, said the platform had seen a 22% rise in cancellations

for Turkey and 30% for Azerbaijan "due to recent geopolitical

tensions".

Travellers had switched to Georgia, Serbia, Greece, Thailand

and Vietnam, he added.

Another ticketing platform, ixigo, earlier said in a post on

X that it would be suspending flight and hotel bookings for

Turkey, Azerbaijan and China.

EaseMyTrip's founder and chairman Nishant Pitti said in a

post on X that 287,000 Indians visited Turkey last year and

243,000 visited Azerbaijan.

"When these nations openly support Pakistan, should we fuel

their tourism and their economies?" Pitti said.