RA Ministry of Economy, World Bank representatives discuss tourism  cluster development  in Gyumri 

ArmInfo.  Armenian Minister  of Economy, Gevorg Papoyan, received Tafadzwa Dube, Senior Disaster  Risk Management Specialist at the World Bank. Lusine Gevorgyan,  Chairperson of the Tourism Committee of Armenia, also attended the  meeting.  The parties discussed the implementation of the Local  Economy and Infrastructure Development Program (LEIDP) and the  Tourism and Regional Infrastructure Improvement Program (TRIP). They  talked about the programs' details, financial components, priority  action plans, and possible implementation deadlines.

As reported by the press service of the Ministry of Economy, the  interlocutors also touched upon the prospects for developing the  tourism sector in Armenia and the potential for expanding tourism  clusters with the support of the World Bank. In this regard, they  addressed several related to establishing a tourism cluster in  Gyumri.  Recall that the World Bank allocated $100 million to create  10 tourism clusters in Armenia, including settlements  such as Areni,  Jeruk, Goris, Dvin, Gyumri, Aparan, Yeghegis, Sevan, Dilijan and  others. The program will be implemented from 2025 to 2029.