Thai traders keen to set up star hotel in Tripura

Agartala, June 26 (UNI) Close on the heels of setting up of a food-processing unit in Tripura by a fruit-processing unit of Thailand, another Thai entrepreneur has come up to make Rs 30 Crore investment for building a three-star hotel in Agartala.

Thailand business delegates expressed the interest of establishing a three star hotel in Tripura to Union minister for Department of development of the Northeastern region (DoNER), Mani Shankar Aiyar yesterday at the end of four days Northeast visit.

According to official sources here, Director of board of trade of Thailand, Dato' Satish Sehgal informed Mr Aiyar that they were planning to come up with 100 bedded hotels in Tripura and the total investment would be Rs 30 crore.

"Thailand is keen to increase its bilateral trade volume with India and identified hydro power, infrastructure including construction of roads, waterways, tourism, horticulture, healthcare and food processing industries as possible areas of investment," sources said adding that the key sectors in Tripura are energy, chemical, food processing, agro-based industries and tourism.

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