A Decade of Wellness Tourism: First-Ever Compilation of 10+ Years of Market Data

A Decade of Wellness Tourism: First-Ever Compilation of 10+ Years of Market Data    In 2013, the Global Wellness Institute (GWI) unveiled the Global Wellness Tourism Economy report—a landmark study that defined the parameters and characteristics of the emerging wellness tourism sector and provided, for the first time, market size estimates at the global, regional, and country levels. In that report, GWI first measured wellness tourism…

New GWI Wellness Policy Toolkit Proposes a Changing Paradigm for Wellness Tourism 

New GWI Wellness Policy Toolkit Proposes a Changing Paradigm for Wellness Tourism  Tomorrow the GWI will release its latest report, Wellness Policy Toolkit: Wellness in Tourism. It is the latest in the GWI policy series, suggesting concrete actions for stakeholders to bring wellness to all in the context of tourism.   Importantly, the report introduces a new paradigm, broadening the focus from wellness tourism to wellness…

Heat Therapy May Lead to Better Outcomes in Treating Depression than Cold Exposure

A new study from the University of California San Francisco (20,000 participants in 106 countries) found that people with depression have higher body temperatures. The researchers believe these findings indicate the potential for depression treatments focused on lowering body temperature—and ironically, how temporarily heating people up (hot yoga, saunas, infrared saunas, hot water treatments), could lead to rebound body temperature lowering that lasts longer than…

Research in Action: Global Wellness Economy Data Powers Japan Roundtable on Wellness Tourism

Research in Action: Global Wellness Economy Data Powers Japan Roundtable on Wellness Tourism  In November 2023, the Global Wellness Institute (GWI) released data for Japan’s wellness economy and its 11 sectors, under GWI’s Geography of Wellness program. A coalition of public-private leaders in the Fukui Prefecture leveraged that important data to kick off a region-wide wellness tourism promotion effort. On November 11, 2023, the region…

Younger Gens Experiencing “Money Dysmorphia”—A Distorted View of Their Financial Wellbeing

Younger Gens Experiencing “Money Dysmorphia”—A Distorted View of Their Financial Wellbeing    By Thierry Malleret, economist   A recent survey (conducted in the US) warns that almost half of Gen Z and millennials (respectively 43% and 41%) experience “money dysmorphia”, the situation when people feel insecure about their financial standing irrespective of the reality of their financial situation. This corresponds to today’s version of keeping up with…

GWI’s New Report Ranks the Wellness Economies of 145 Countries

GWI’s New Report Ranks the Wellness Economies of 145 Countries   In January 2024, GWI released its latest data report, The Global Wellness Economy: Country Rankings (2019-2022). A companion to GWI’s flagship report, the Global Wellness Economy Monitor, this new report is the only place to find detailed data on the size and growth of the wellness industry at the country level. In addition to providing…