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Tourism is one of the fastest growing industries in the world. India is one of the few countries of the world endowed with an array of tourism resources from bio-cultural diversity to a wealth of histories and antiquities. India tourism contributes towards the national integration, preserves the natural as well as cultural environments and enriches the social and economical lives of people. The handloom industry is one of the oldest and heritage industries in the country. It is the second largest employment oriented industry next to the agriculture providing full time or part time employment to millions of weavers working on lakhs of handlooms, producing one third of the country�s needs. The present paper attempts to discuss the significance of ikkat in terms of social perspective handloom cluster village Koyyalagudem in Yadadri district of Telangana state. It also showcases the image of handloom sector of the village and discusses the overall socio- economic contemporary developments due to the tourism industry. In view of the uniqueness of this ikkat weaving village, an attempt has been made to discuss various dimensions of the recreation impact assessment by interacting with the weavers.