B O D Y T A L K
Healthy Travel
The wellness tourism
industry is a significant
piece of global tourism,
growing to $639 billion in
2017. That's according to a
research report—the "2018
Global Wellness Economy
Monitor"—released recently
by the Global Wellness
Institute. Defined as "travel
associated with the pursuit
of maintaining or enhancing
one's personal well-being,"
wellness tourism grew 6.5%
from 2015 to 2017, twice as
fast as general tourism. And
travelers made 830 million
wellness trips in 2017 in their
pursuit of living a healthy
lifestyle. For the full report, go
to globalwellnessinstitute.org/
industry-research/2018-global-
wellness-economy-monitor.
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