Within the newest in a sequence of C9 Classes, Phuket-based tourism, hospitality, and actual property consultancy C9 Hotelworks held a chat concerning Phuket’s New Wellness Developments for Inns, Tourism & Actual Property.
The immersive occasion revealed the newest insights and intelligence on the ever-evolving and increasing wellness tourism business in Thailand and Phuket.
C9 Hotelworks managing director Invoice Barnett confirmed key knowledge from the report, together with evaluation of the figures driving the wellness financial system, which is valued at THB 1,200 billion (USD 34.6 billion) in Thailand, with an annual progress price of 5.58 % (2020-2022).
This complete contains THB 296 billion (USD 7.8 billion) in wellness tourism journey expenditure alone.
Barnett stated: “With its wealthy custom of therapeutic, Phuket has lengthy attracted travellers who need to soothe their physique, thoughts and soul in paradise. Within the post-pandemic period, the mindset shift in direction of wholesome life has impressed a brand new period of wellness tourism that goes far past the spa. As visionary firms launch a brand new assortment of state-of-the-art beauty and medical providers, Phuket is making certain its longevity as a world wellness chief.”
A vacation spot in profile
Staged at Amora Seashore Resort Phuket, in collaboration with VitalLife Scientific Wellness Middle Phuket, powered by Bumrungrad Worldwide Hospital, the Phuket Inns Affiliation, and Delivering Asia, the 90-minute session defined how Phuket emerged as a prime wellness tourism vacation spot within the Nineties, when conventional Thai therapeutic massage and spa therapies had been elevated to new ranges of luxurious by the arrival of manufacturers like Banyan Tree.
This was adopted by an growth into medical tourism within the 2000s, pushed by the arrival of personal hospitals, which then shifted to give attention to aesthetic remedies within the 2010s.
Now, within the lifestyle-conscious 2020s, the idea of “longevity tourism” has taken centre stage: a holistic strategy to wellbeing that promotes prolonged dwelling.
Phuket is main this development with cutting-edge services arriving in Phuket such because the VitalLife Scientific Wellness Middle Phuket, a hub of well being and longevity which opened its doorways totally this month; the Well being Resort by Clinique La Prairie at TriVananda, a sustainable luxurious wellness resort which is on observe to open in 2026; and the brand new Bumrungrad Hospital Phuket, which additionally debuts in 2026.