Andaman and Nicobar Island Beyond Tourism

Andaman and Nicobar Island is popular for its natural beauty, as the serene and vast coast line with clear blue sky is a real treat to the eyes. Each year hundreds of tourists visit this place and enjoy on the long and endless sandy beaches. But in addition to this, a business oriented Andaman and Nicobar Island has some other industries that are beyond the tourism, although most of the major businesses are related to sightseeing, beaches and water.

As it is a well known fact that agriculture is the main occupation and driving force behind the Indian economy and so this island is also not untouched from this factor. Major part of land in the Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Island is used for agriculture. Paddy is the major crop whereas the cash crops such as coconut and areca are also cultivated in Nicobar Islands. Then we have variety of pulses, vegetables and oil seeds that are grown in the Andaman and Nicobar Island. Also there is export of high qualities of pepper, cinnamon, nutmeg and clove hat come under multi-tier cropping system. Many varied kinds of agriculture related businesses here are done via Andaman and Nicobar tenders of agriculture. You can check out the export house or the big processing factories for the same. These tenders are published in newspaper, print media as well as Internet. So if you are interested in these then keep an eye on the specific agriculture Andaman and Nicobar Island tenders.

Then there are many small scale to big industries that are related to handicrafts. There are many handcraft units in the Island. The major boost to this industry though is through tourism as people from outside the native place are mostly interested in purchasing the local memories and specialty and in such case there is nothing better than handicraft. To prove this there are numerous wood based as well as shell based handicraft units.

Apart from all these, Andaman and Nicobar Island is also rich in natural minerals. There are huge deposits of limestone, sulphur, selenite and nickel deposits that are source of business and thus the Andaman and Nicobar Island tenders. Also the Oil and Natural Gas Commission are desperately looking for the oil and gas deposits in this place and if those are explored then it will give a sudden and a strong push to the economy. Many businesses in this island are related to fishery as this is also one of the chief occupations for the people living on coastal line.

Like any other place you will also find Andaman and Nicobar tenders related to air conditioners, roads, building and construction, road and bridge repairs, housekeeping services, electronic items are more. So in spite of big tourism industry there are many other industries in this beautiful island that are flourishing and acting as a big driving force behind the economy. These also present the other very business oriented and booming side of the Andaman and Nicobar Island.