Post event Press Release: Record Breaking Facts & Stats
London, UK / While the World Health Organization continues to sound the alarm about the rise of obesity, physical inactivity, loneliness, mental health issues, and the lack of sleep, professionals in Hospitality, Tourism, Fitness, Spa & Beauty have joined forces to raise awareness about healthy lifestyles and promote #WellnessForAll. Wellness For All includes staff, local residents, under-served communities – not just clients and members. 9,688 venues signed up on wellmap.org in 155 countries to celebrate the 8th edition of World Wellness Weekend, from sunrise in Fiji on Friday 20th September until sunset in Maui on Sunday 22nd.
This is a 54% increase on 2023 (6,300 venues), with over one thousand new sign-ups in the last 4 weeks leading to the event. All venues joined via wellmap.org in 18 languages, allowing them to appear on a map with a geolocator, and showcase their activities and contact details, encouraging locals and visitors to join fun, free and inclusive activities with friends, families and colleagues.
FACTS & STATS 2024
- 10 Most active COUNTRIES: Spain, Italy, Brazil, Japan, Dominican Republic, United Kingdom, Vietnam, Argentina, India, Mexico
- 10 Most active CITIES: Marbella (most venues) & Santo Domingo (most activities), Sao Paulo, Rome, Malaga, Buenos Aires, Madrid, Ho Chi Minh City, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Punta Cana, Phnom Penh.
- 5 Most active CATEGORIES: VITALITY (Fitness clubs & yoga studios), BEAUTY (Spas, Beauty institutes & Salons), HOSPITALITY (Hotels & Resorts), HOLISTIC (Wellness centers & Holistic clinics), LONGEVITY (Wellness practitioners, Physiotherapists, Kinesiologists, Acupuncturists, Chiropractors…)
- 100 ONLINE wellness sessions by specialists and venues were available on World Wellness WebTV
RECORD-BREAKING EDITION
- 54% more venues on wellmap.org (9.700 in 2024 vs. 6.300 in 2023) with 1.000 new venues signing up in the last 4 weeks!
- 34 million estimated views (+100% vs 2023) with 700 mentions (TV-Radio-Print-Online) and 10,000 posts on social media (total audience of these media publications 3.5 billion viewers vs. 430 million in 2023)
- First ever 4-day celebration with Tomoko Kozuma, WWW City Ambassador in Karatsu (JAPAN) who organized Yoga Fest on Monday 23rd Sept with the support of the Town Hall
- First ever World Wellness Wedding (WWW) with Liliana Ferreira, Country Ambassador in Portugal exchanging vows during WWW
- First ever participation of two iconic Circus companies: Phare Ponleu Selpak Battambang – The Historical Cambodian Circus and Phare, The Cambodian Circus Siem Reap
About World Wellness Weekend & wellmap.org
Every third week-end of September, just before the Equinox, thanks to World Wellness Weekend, thousands of venues open their doors and offer fun and free activities to discover and try with friends, colleagues or family: fitness, yoga, outdoor activities, relaxation, and massage workshops. World Wellness Weekend encourages millions of people to resume a regular physical routine after the summer, almost like as the “new year” resolutions in January! The rest of the year, all these venues remain visible on www.wellmap.org for you to discover their activities, regular classes, events, and special offers. World Wellness Weekend is a pro bono initiative supporting the 3rd Goal of the UNITED NATIONS (Good Health and Wellbeing for All) in partnership with 60 professional associations and federations to promote Vitality, Serenity and Solidarity.
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