Report predicts growth in wellness services aimed at stressed out kids
Wellness businesses will step in to meet the challenges of major societal crises, including a rising generation of children who are stressed, anxious and overwhelmed according to the Spafinder Wellness 2016 Global Spa And Wellness Trends forecast. Poor diets, constant stress, and hours hunched over glowing screens are taking their toll on kids, reveal statistics. In response, this year will see a rise in more mindfulness and meditation in schools, kid-focused yoga classes, massage for toddlers, wellness-centric family vacations, and an emphasis on local, organic eating.
Parents have revealed themselves willing to dedicate considerable time, attention, and money toward this niche that promises to be one of the industry’s most significant areas of growth. Leading the trend are The David Lynch Foundation’s Quiet Time meditation programme and family-friendly and wellness-centric Six Senses resort in Laamu Atoll of the Maldives.
“The 2016 Trends reveal how wellness is an integral part of the most fundamental aspects of people’s daily lives: work, family, and love,” said research director Beth McGroarty, who steered the research team, along with Susie Ellis, president of Spafinder Wellness. “Rather than focus on how 'X is the new Y' we strive to make sense of the sea of forecasts and identify mega-trends that are having, and will continue to have, the most meaningful impact on people’s lives, and on the industry, for years to come.” Other trends in the top 10 reflect people’s ongoing desire to bring more health and wellness into their current forms of escape, including new hybrid sectors of wellness travel, the shift from “wasted to wellness” as more wellness festivals spring up and healthy cruising. Also revealed is travellers’ unquenchable thirst for ancient, authentic experiences, with Mexico especially seeing renewed attention on its Mayan temazcal rituals.
To read the complete version of The 2016 Spa and Wellness Trends Forecast, visit www.spafinder.com/ trends2016.
