One of the major hotel associations in New Delhi says its members will ban Chinese guests after the border clash.

Sandeep Khandelwal, president of the New Delhi Hotel and Restaurant Association, today said 75,000 hotel rooms in the Indian capital would not accept Chinese guests and the decision was intended to "support our government in a state of mind."

"Why do we have to let them make money from India?" Khandelwal said.

The association, which represents most three and four-star hotels in New Delhi, will also encourage members to stop using Chinese products.

Although nearly 300,000 Chinese arrived in India in 2018, the boycott was largely symbolic, as travel restrictions prevented Covid-19 from driving foreign arrivals to India.

However, the move shows that growing opposition to China in India, especially on social media, has been flooded with calls to boycott Chinese goods following a border clash.

Major e-commerce firms, including Amazon of America, which sells large quantities of Chinese-made electronic goods, have agreed to display the country of origin of Indian goods on the sales platform of

China's Xiaomi Group, the leading popular mobile phone brand in India, is using banners with the words "Made in India" to cover logos on stores in big cities.

"Company leaders asked us to do this to protect the store from protesters or politicians who could damage property because of growing Chinese opposition," said Jignesh, one-stop owner.

Goods made in China, including some of the key raw materials for Indian pharmaceutical companies, are also starting to pile up in Indian ports and airports because of stricter customs checks.

Tensions on the Indo-China border increased after clashes left dozens of soldiers dead in the last week in the Galwan River valley.

China and India are trying to reduce tensions in the border area by agreeing to withdraw troops from disputed areas in Galwan.