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Lithuanian Health Tourism Forum

seminar
Event date
2023-04-28 09:30 To 14:00

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Lithuanian Health Tourism Forum "Lithuania on the map of health tourism: 5 steps towards aspiration"

Program

9:30-10:00 Trust coffee and registration
10:00-10:15 Introduction
10:15-10:35 "Tourism in Polish resorts - financing and challenges"
Speaker Dr. Anna Białk-Wolf (co-founder and president of the Polish Medical Tourism Research and Development Institute, professor at the University of Gdynia, co-founder of the Proturmed Foundation)
10:35-10:55 "Use of Lithuanian natural resources to improve stress-related health status: new evidence"
Speaker Assoc. Dr. Lolita Rapolienė (University of Klaipėda, ISMH board member)
10:55-11:15 "Lithuanian resorts and resort areas - the heart of health tourism"
Speaker Nijolė Dirginčienė (President of the Association of Lithuanian Resorts and Mayor of Birštonas Municipality)
11:15-11:35 "Sanatoria and spas - Lithuania's secret trump card"
Speaker Artūras Salda (President of the National Association of Sanatoriums and Rehabilitation Institutions)
11:35-12:40 Panel discussion "What is needed for Lithuania to become the heart of European wellness tourism?"
Participates in:
Nijolė Dirginčienė, President of the Association of Lithuanian Resorts and Mayor of Birštonas Municipality;
Artūras Salda, President of the National Association of Sanatoriums and Rehabilitation Institutions;
Žydrė Gavelienė, President of the National Business Association and the Lithuanian Chamber of Tourism;
Eglė Kudzmanienė, Chief Advisor of the Communication Department of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania;
Olga Gončarova, head of the National Tourism Promotion Agency "Travel in Lithuania";
Elita Radkevič, representative of the Ministry of Health Protection of the Republic of Lithuania
12:40-13:00 Closing remarks
13:00-14:00 Lunch

Moderator of the event: Živile Kropaitė