In 2023, the United States recorded the highest wellness tourism spending worldwide. That year, this country's expenditure on wellness tourism exceeded *** billion U.S. dollars, growing by **** percent from 2019. Germany followed in the ranking in 2023, with wellness tourism spending of nearly ** billion U.S. dollars.
figures combine the expenditure for international/inbound and domestic wellness tourism trips, also including primary and secondary wellness tourism trips; countries are ranked based on the highest wellness tourism expenditure in 2023
Supplementary notes
The source defines wellness tourism as travel based on the aim of maintaining or enhancing one's personal well-being.
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Global Wellness Institute. (October 21, 2024). Leading countries in wellness tourism expenditure worldwide in 2019 and 2023 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 15, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/318616/leading-countries-in-wellness-tourism-expenditure/
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