While wellness tourism represented $494 billion in revenues in 2013, the report said the spa industry accounted for $94 billion in revenues, and the thermal/mineral springs industry accounted for $50 billion.
A relative newcomer to wellness tourism, the thermal/mineral springs industry is rooted in age-old traditions of bathing and rejuvenating in thermal and mineral waters throughout the world, said Katherine Johnston, senior economist with SRI.
Many destinations are modernizing their thermal and mineral water facilities and building hotels and resorts near them, said Johnston.
The top three countries for this segment are China, Japan and Germany, she added.
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