Surat is famous for its saree. 20 percent of sarees manufactured in India is from Surat. During festive season and during marriage season people throng to Surat to buy sarees as they get more varieties at cheaper rates too.Today Surat is a booming industrial centre ramous for textiles, Jari, brocades and is a very important diamond processing centre with a glorious past and a bright future. Surat offers a wide range of places of interest ranging from historical to religious, educational to entertainment and art to industry.The textile market in Surat exports its beautifully ornamented saris to the Middle East countries. The Intemational market demands more improvisations in the designs of the saris. New trends in the design of Zari embroidered saris are being introduced to capture the increasing demand of the saris in the intemational markets.