From the 22nd to 29th of June, Montenegro will host the 40th World Medical and Health Games, which will host up to 2,000 participants, according to the organizer's expectations.
Along with the Games, the International Symposium on Medicine will be organized in Budva. The organization of the Games, as quoted by the Ministry of Sustainable Development and Tourism, costs 487,690 euros. In the information from the government session that was held on Thursday, it was reported that the expected profit from the event is between 1.6 and 2.3 million euros. For the organization of the event, MORT will pay to the company Liverty International 130 thousand euros, excluding taxes.
It's a sports event intended for health workers. The games were first organized in Cannes in 1978, and since then they have been organized every year in a different state. They gather more than 40 countries, and participants compete in 24 individual and team disciplines.
Last year the Games were held in Malta, and Montenegro, in competition with France and Italy, was elected as the destination for this year's competition.
Text by Damira Kalac, on June 10th, 2019, read more at Vijesti
