2021 Global Wellness Economy: Looking Beyond COVID

The Global Wellness Economy: Looking Beyond COVID THE GLOBAL WELLNESS ECONOMY: LOOKING BEYOND COVID Individual Sectors   Wellness Market Snapshots Wellness Tourism (pandemic loser, future winner): 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…

Africa Wellness Initiative Trends

AFRICA WELLNESS INITIATIVE TRENDS 2025 Trends TREND 1: The Resurgence of Indigenous Birthing Models TREND 2: Fonio : The Ancient Grain of the Future TREND 3: African Wellness Tourism: Beyond the Safari Experience TREND 4: Breaking the Shade Barrier: The Rise of Inclusive Beauty and Representation TREND 5: The Mental Health Revolution- Community-Driven Healing READ MORE   The Global Wellness Institute serves as an umbrella…

Industry Research: Charting Your Own Mental Wellness Pathways

There are numerous pathways to mental wellness, many of which are known to us but often seem like an impossible to-do list. In GWI’s report Defining the Mental Wellness Economy, we segment them into four broad categories: 1) activity and creativity, 2) growth and nourishment, 3) rest and rejuvenation, and 4) connection and meaning. These domains have mind-body and internal-external dimensions, although their boundaries may…