About 700 local and foreign investors have agreed to participate in a seminar, entitled “Thailand: A Regional Trading and Modern Industry Hub”, organized by the Board of Investment on June 30. The seminar was intended to inform potential investors of the tax privileges and other incentives they would receive for investing in Thailand in order to encourage more investment in Thailand.For the first five months of this year, altogether 188 projects with a combined investment totaling 28,940 million baht have applied for BOI promotions.