The industrial sectors in which Thai investments are prominent in India are telecommunication, hotel, tourism, food processing, trading and chemicals.

Earlier in the day, Kiat met the leader of the opposition in West Bengal Partho Chattopadhyay of the Trinamool Congress.

Regarding the meeting, he said: 'We have conveyed that trade and investment regime in India should be made more competitive so that everyone is interested to come over here.'

Asked about his outlook of the growth in the tourism sector in both countries, Kiat said: 'This area will certainly grow a lot. At least half a million Indians visit Thailand every year, compared to 60,000 Thai people visiting India.'

He added that two more high-level Thai visits are scheduled for this year -- Prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva in November and Deputy Prime Minister Korbsak Sapawasu in October.