Papoyan participated in the panel discussion on the topic "Medical Tourism in a New Era: Opportunities, Lessons Learned, and Challenges."
22-09-2026 16:41 Armenia Press release
The Minister of Economy of the Republic of Armenia, Gevorg Papoyan, participated in the panel discussion titled "Medical Tourism in a New Era: Opportunities, Extracted Lessons, and Challenges" as part of the International Conference on Medical Tourism.
The minister presented the steps being taken towards the development of medical tourism, highlighting three key directions.
Expansion of Armenia's international accessibility through the development of air connections and simplification of visa issuance procedures, development of medical and tourism infrastructure through support programs for the acquisition of equipment and the construction and renovation of hotels and resorts, and the formation of new tourism directions in the regions through the 7 tourism clusters planned under the TRIP program, including in the field of medical tourism.
Gevorg Papoyan noted that the development of medical tourism is important not only for increasing the accessibility and quality of healthcare services but also for the Armenian economy, creating new opportunities for investment, service exports, job creation, and other economic development.
The other speakers at the panel discussion included the Minister of Tourism of Montenegro, Simonida Kordić, Deputy Minister of Health of Armenia, Samvel Kharezyan, the Chief Commissioner for Diaspora Affairs, Zareh Sinanyan, and the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) office in Armenia, Siddhartha Sankar Dutta.
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