April 2022 | Plan

  Authored by Renee Moorefield, member of the Global Wellness Institute (GWI) Advisory Board and CEO of Wisdom Works Group Effective planning is essential to leading wellness. It allows you to create an inspiring Wellness Moonshot vision—whether for your country, company, community, or yourself—plus, prepare clear strategies and actions for achieving your wellness goals. When you use wellness planning for the earliest years of life, it…

NEW RESEARCH: Wellness Tourism, Spas, Thermal/Mineral Springs

Wellness Tourism grew 8% annually from 2017 to 2019 (reaching $720 billion) and then took a major hit in 2020. The market shrunk -39.5% to $436 billion, while wellness trips dropped from 936 million to 601 million. The impressive 21% annual growth rate projected for wellness tourism through 2025 reflects new traveler values (a quest for nature, sustainability, mental wellness) as well as a period…

Geography of Wellness: Country Reports

Global Wellness Institute Presents Geography of Wellness MAPPING THE WORLD’S WELLNESS TRADITIONS GLOBAL WELLNESS ECONOMY COUNTRY RANKINGS In January 2026, the Global Wellness Institute (GWI) released The Global Wellness Economy: Country Rankings (2019-2024), which is the only study to measure and rank the wellness economy across the world’s regions and countries. The report ranks 145 countries by the size of their wellness economies, compares wellness…