The 1st Int’l Wellness Tourism (iWT) EXPO will be held for the first time from 5/10~12 at Tokyo Big Sight!

The 1st Int’l Wellness Tourism (iWT) EXPO will be held for the first time!

The 1st Int’l Wellness Tourism (iWT) EXPO is Japan’s first specialized exhibition where products and services related to “wellness tourism”, a trip that makes the mind and body healthy, will be exhibited. Various types of facilities and activities, food and beverages related to health and beauty, as well as local governments and associations of tourist destinations will be exhibited.

Wellness Tourism EXPO Official Video

The organizer of this exhibition is Japan’s largest trade fair organizer “RX Japan”, which regularly holds 96 international trade fairs (353 exhibitions in 38 fields) every year. The 1st Int’l Wellness Tourism (iWT) EXPO will be held at Tokyo Big Sight for three days from May 10th (Wednesday) to 12th (Friday), 2023.

Tokyo Big Sight

Nature Activity Zone

• Hiking
• Cycling
• Yoga
• Camp
• Glamping
• SUP
• Golf
• Forest therapy
• Horse riding

Medical Tourism Zone

• Receiving medical institution/clinic (medical checkup, complete medical checkup, PET examination, surgery, aesthetic medicine, cancer treatment, regenerative medicine, preventive medicine, etc.)
• Accommodation facilities such as hotels and hot spring inns
• Medical coordinator (travel agency)

Relaxation Zone

• Hot spring
• Spa/Sauna
• Massage
• Retreat
• Ayurveda
• Zen/meditation experience
• Healthy food

Workation/Team Building Zone

• Workation facilities (satellite offices, shared offices, co-working spaces)
• Corporate training/team building
• Employee trip/incentive trip
• Municipality/Tourism Association/DMO

General Area

• Japanese municipalities, tourism associations, DMOs
• Overseas government tourism offices
• Companies that have multiple contents corresponding to each zone

Special Area: Onsen

Free admission to 15 seminar programs with 20 experts!

At the 1st iWT, seminars will be held on various themes regarding the latest information and future trends in the industry, including keynote and special lectures. All are free to attend, but pre-registration is required.

Please note in advance that there may be some changes in the lecturer and program contents, and there may be no textbooks or flyers distributed due to circumstances.

• What is “Wellness Tourism”, which is in increasing demand worldwide?
• Wellness Promoted by the Japan Tourism Agency ~Significance and Effects of Workation~
• Be yourself in your career and work style ~Workation by Unilever~
• Learn from France, a developed country How to make a wellness tourism plan
• Enjoy and enrich your life by traveling. ~ Wellness Journey Talked by Natsumi Uga ~
• A travel design professional talks about what luxury travelers want
• Effect of introducing workation ~ Realization of well-being and contribution to social innovation
• What are the points of labor management and environment improvement to promote workation?
• Thinking about future tourism that makes use of natural resources – Towards the Japanese version of the concept of “Healthy Parks, Healthy People”
• What is wellness tourism in demand today? Deepening consumer understanding from big data
• Strategies for differentiation and high profitability of tourism area management brought about by promotion of wellness tourism
• BUSAN IS GOOD! Talking about Busan wellness medical tourism
• South Korea’s South Cholula Province, a region where the blessings of the sea, mountains, and plains live on, as well as excellent cultural heritage, is a hidden charm
• Mediterranean Resort Monaco. World-class wellness style
• Alternative medicine in Korea, to treat various diseases with Korean herbal medicine