The Island Tourism Festival was started to boost tourism and emphasizes the process of development taking place in Andaman and Nicobar Island.
It is celebrated in the month of January or February in Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands in India. It is a week long event hosted by The Andaman Nicobar Administration.
It is the festival of numerous competitions, exhibitions and cultural programs. The festival showcases:
1 Flora and fauna
2 Aqua sports
3 Parasailing
4 Arts and Crafts
5 Marine life of Port Blair
6 Tele-games
7 Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Other attractions of the festival are Baby show, Canoe Race, Dog show, Floating restaurant, Magic show, Puppet show, Scuba Diving etc.