Global Tourism Adopts African Eco-Living, Wellness Practices

Wellness Tourism Workshop Building Capacity for a Competitive Wellness Tourism Segment in the Middle East

Wellness Tourism Workshop Building Capacity for a Competitive Wellness Tourism Segment in the Middle East UN Tourism June 10, 2025 Calender Text Wellness Tourism Workshop Region Middle East Regional Office in Riyadh Accept new registrations Off Allow duplicate registrants 0 End Date June 30, 2025 Image Dept COMM Dept. Attendance type Online Audience type Public Show navigation block Off

Global Tourism Adopts African Eco-Living, Wellness Practices

Sarah Chen, a traveller from Singapore, described her three-day wellness retreat in the Nyanga mountains of eastern Zimbabwe. “It was like earth medicine.” Guided by a local ‘n’anga’ (traditional healer), she lay on river rocks while birdsong echoed through the forest, according to a memoir she shared on LinkedIn. Steam from crushed ‘mufandichimuka’ leaves (from a medicinal tree) opened her lungs. There were no spa robes or ambient playlists—jus…