MENA region charts wellness tourism growth
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The Middle East/North Africa region is fastest growing wellness tourism market in world, at 16% annually. These statistics were shared by the Global Wellness Tourism Congress (GWTC) as research on new data on Middle East and African wellness tourism markets.
As per the forecast, the Middle East/North Africa market will more than triple by 2017; Sub-Saharan Africa will see strong 12.6% growth; and UAE will be number one and the growth leader across entire region.
The Middle East/North African wellness tourism market (domestic and international combined) is worth US$5.3 bn annually as per the report. Sub-Saharan Africa market expenditures total US$2 bn each year-for a combined US$7.3 bn Middle East/African market.
Moreover, the Middle East/North African region drives 4.8 m wellness-focused trips (inbound and domestic) annually, while Sub-Saharan Africa generates 2.2 m – for a combined regional total of seven million trips.
Luxury wellness tourism is a reality and the numbers are staggering, the Global Wellness Institute said. Luxury wellness tourism is already a US$439 bn market or more than one in seven of all tourist dollars-and is set to grow to US$678.5 bn in three short years by 2017.
The UAE is one of the top spenders from the GCC to vouch for holistic treatments in India. Statistics show UAE residents spent an estimated US$6.6 billion per year on international holiday trips of which US$ four billion is spent on medical and luxury wellness tourism.
Six million visitors from the UAE are stated to fly to India for luxury wellness tourism and India’s total wellness market is valued at $18 billion in the next four years. India’s luxury wellness tourism segment is estimated to grow by nearly 50% faster than other aspects of global tourism in 2017.
Now poised to become the fifth largest consumer market globally by 2020, India demonstrates all demographic advantages of a market for leading international spa and wellness brands.
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