Asia tipped to top health and wellness tourism in two years

Health & Leisure

Wednesday, 19 February 2020

Health and wellness tourism trips to Asia are forecast to reach 128.3 million by 2022, propelling Asia to become the world’s fastest-growing tourism market, says data and analytics company GlobalData.

International arrivals to Asia-Pacific (APAC) are set to reach 850 million in 2022, reflecting a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of five per cent between 2019 and 2022. A rapid increase in health and wellness trips has emerged as a key driver of this growth in arrivals.

Amber Barnes, travel and tourism analyst at GlobalData said: “The APAC is also, by far, the fastest-growing wellness tourism market; health and wellness trips increased 33 per cent between 2017 and 2019 to reach a 109.4 million. This is because Asia’s wellness traditions have practically defined the world market, but a ‘new Asia’ is also transforming modern health and wellness tourism.”