Today, as a part of the IX International economic summit "Russia – the Islamic world: KazanSummit 2017”, the Thematic Session "Halal tourism: the status quo and future outlook" was held with participation of Nikolay Korolev, Deputy head of the Federal Agency for tourism, Sergey Ivanov, Chairman of the State Committee of the Republic of Tatarstan for tourism, Ildar Musin, vice-President of the Federation of restaurateurs and hoteliers and Gulnara Safina, President of the Association of hotels of Kazan and Tatarstan.