I am not even talking about just the ones in poverty.. I mentioned the average because it puts things in perspective for the public at large - the vast majority of them are broke compared to Westerners. There may well be 1.4billion Indians, but there are what.. a billion Westerners probably (?) And way more millionaires and billionaires (who like to meet up with the rest of international 1% who do not congregate in Thailand).
Moreover, for an Indian to visit Thailand doesn't mean they need much money at all by any standard. They get a visa on arrival, can get a 3-4 hour flight for probably 100-200USD, stay in the crappiest 400baht a night guesthouse for a few days, get a couple of beers at 7/11, and honestly judging by most of the Indians I see visiting Thailand that's the gist I get. It's like when you see a European backpacker with dreadlocks and those elephant pajama bottoms they like to wear, you know they are slumming it, I kinda put Indians and those guys in the same bracket. So sorry but that is what I see.