First of its kind international conference on differently abled with participation from more than 40 tourist companies, health resorts, rehabilitation centres and hotels from 13 countries will be held in Moscow.
The conference will discuss issues of insurance, transportation, accommodation and juridical aspects of tourism for disabled people here.
The main aim of the conference, as its organizers say, is to "encourage the development of medical tourism and tourism for disabled people in the Russian market, attract attention of tourist companies to this kind of tourism, promote the expansion of possibilities of rest and treatment for people who suffer from different ailments and need special services."
President of the Russian Tourist Industry Union Sergei Shpilko stressed that "medical tourism is a very perspective direction in the development of the tourist sector, however, it just begins developing in Russia."
According the Ministry of Health and Social Development, there are some 14.5 million of disabled people in Russia, which makes about 10 percent of the whole population of the country.