Health · Facts & sources
6 sourced facts about spas and hot springs, each with the context behind the number. 4 more are in today's round and appear here after it closes.
AnswerHot Springs, Arkansas
A bustling town grew up around the hot springs to serve health seekers, and its bathing industry earned the nickname.
Source: National Park Service, Hot Springs National Park nps.gov
AnswerSulis Minerva
Visitors can still see the ruins of her temple, and the natural thermal springs still flow with hot water today.
Source: The Roman Baths, Bath romanbaths.co.uk
Answerapproximately 4,400 years
The water emerging today fell as rain on the Ouachita Mountains around the time Egypt's pyramids were being built.
Source: National Park Service, Hot Springs National Park nps.gov
Answer$6.8 trillion
It has doubled in size since 2013 and grew 7.9% from 2023 to 2024.
Source: Global Wellness Institute, Global Wellness Economy Monitor 2025 (2024) globalwellnessinstitute.org
Answer6.12%
From 2013 to 2024, wellness grew 6.5% a year on average, versus 3.2% for global GDP.
Source: Global Wellness Institute, Global Wellness Economy Monitor 2025 (2024) globalwellnessinstitute.org
Answernearly $9.8 trillion
That assumes 7.6% annual growth from 2024 to 2029, well above projected global GDP growth.
Source: Global Wellness Institute, Global Wellness Economy Monitor 2025 (2025) globalwellnessinstitute.org