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Tamil Nadu state's textile tourism has seen a steady growth, of late as a large number of people who are part of textile tourism are export buyers frequently visiting places like Coimbatore, Tiruppur, Chennimalai, Erode, etc. On World Tourism Day, today, experts in this field shared their thoughts on how the textile industry is contributing to the state's tourism.

Related Keywords: Banarasi silk, Banarasi Vastra Udhyog Association. process of weaving, fashion designers presenting traditional weave, glimpse of world famous Banarasi saris, heritage walk planned, modern avatar, part of tour itinerary, show stopper, textile tourism, tourist keen to visit weavers, weavers colonies, weavers trail becoming popular

At last year’s several fashion weeks, with fashion designers presenting the traditional weave in its modern avatar, Banarasi silk has turned out to be a show stopper. With the textile so talked about, tourists visiting the holy city are keen to visit areas housing the weavers to have a glimpse of the creation of the world famous Banarasi saris. This in turn is leading to textile tourism or weavers trail becoming popular in the city.

Related Keywords: Badamba cluster, Berhampur cluster, Bomkai, Gopalpur I and II, Ikat, Ministry of Textiles, Odisha handloom clusters, silk, Sonepur mega cluster, textile manufacturing chain, textile tourism, tourism tag, traditional Tassar fabrics

The Ministry of Textiles has identified Odisha’s four handloom clusters - Berhampur cluster in Ganjam district, Badamba in Cuttack district, Gopalpur I and Gopalpur II in Jajpur district and Sonepur mega cluster in Sonepur district, to promote textile tourism in the State.

The four handloom clusters will soon get tourism tag as these clusters are located in proximity to tourism spots like Gopalpur-on-sea, Maniabandh Buddhist village and Diamond Triangle of Ratnagiri, Lalitgiri and Udaygiri, the Ministry aims to link promotion of tourism and handloom through textile tourism.