The ecological conditions are suitable for horticulture and fruits like pineapple, orange, lemon, papaya, plum, pear, guava, cherries, walnut and peach thrive here. Arunachal Pradesh is well endowed with an abundant forest cover, mineral, and hydel power resources. Deposits of dolomite, limestone, graphite, quartzite, kyanite, mica, iron and copper are also reported to be found here. Cottage industries include weaving, basketry and carpet-making etc. Small scale industries comprise saw, rice and oil mills, fruit preservation, soap and candle manufacturing units, steel fabrication, wood works .
Medium industries are all forest-based, producing veneers, teak chests and plyboards.
There are sericulture centres. Important industries are light roofing sheet factory at Pasighat, fruit processing plant at Nigmoi in West Siang district, the cement plant at Tezu, lemon grass oil expeller unit at Tawang and Citronella distillation plant at Pasighat. Itanagar has many places of tourist interest like Itafort, Buddhist Monastery, Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Museum, Emporium, Ganga Lake where boating facilities are available, the Zoo, Craft centre and Polo Park at Naharlagun. The languages spoken are Nishi, Apatani, Adi, Hindi, Assamese and English. It is also an ideal place for trekking and hiking.