NEW! The Global Wellness Economy: Country Rankings Report – February 2022 On Tuesday, February 8th during the 2022 Global Wellness News Broadcast, the Global Wellness Institute (GWI) research team presented and released its NEW research report, The Global Wellness Economy: Country Rankings–which focuses on the geographical trends and differences in the wellness economy. This research leverages the newly expanded and comprehensive dataset provided by the…
Pandemic Wellness Inequalities: Wealthier People Exercised More/Ate Healthier–Less Privileged Did the Opposite By Thierry Malleret, economist The consequences of the pandemic in terms of health (both for those who caught the virus and those who did not) are becoming clearer. And they are broad in scope, far-reaching and sometimes surprising. But the pandemic health changes are most striking when it comes to diet and fitness, and they’re indicative of the inequality problem at the…
Travel as Healing–New York Times, December 23, 2021 Wellness vacations and programming at destinations now go far beyond massages and diet advice, instead offering new respites from physical and mental stress. Here’s what to expect in wellness travel in 2022. Wellness Trends 2022–Well+Good, December 2021 Well+Good, a leading wellness media brand, has announced its predictions for the shifts that will define the wellness world in the year ahead–across the beauty, fitness, food, health, self-care, and…
What Is the Future of Wellness? 7 Shifts to Watch The GWI’s new report, The Global Wellness Economy: Looking Beyond Covid, predicts that the 11-sector wellness economy will grow at roughly 10% annually through 2025–reaching $5 trillion by year-end 2021 and $7 trillion by 2025. But future growth will likely look different than in the past, because the pandemic experience has sparked major shifts in how consumers understand…
December | Preserve Major Snow arrives and the end of this year is coming Major Snow means the arrival of the last season of the whole year. Everything begins to rest and nourish. Autumn has gone and we will enjoy the clear winter, bathing in the warm and comfortable sunshine. It is quite enjoyable to spend the winter nights with friends or family chatting, eating…
The Big Picture: Huge Growth Ahead With the pandemic ushering in a major consumer “values reset”–where prevention and wellness take on far greater importance–the GWI predicts that the wellness economy will grow an impressive 10% annually through 2025, when the market will hit $7 trillion. This graph charting growth through 2025 says it all… Now let’s look at how each market fared during the pandemic–and its future outlook… MARKET SNAPHOTS: Wellness Tourism (pandemic loser, future winner): Grew…
