Record attendance and impact for the V Ibiza Wellness Weekend 2024
More than 500 participants have registered this year for the V Ibiza Wellness Weekend 2024 and many more who had to remain on the waiting list, as the event reached its capacity limit, almost 50% of them national and international tourists. A number that demonstrates the good sign of the health of this type of activities, that is, events, professionals, institutions, companies and the public that bet on this lifestyle, which seeks balance, with ourselves and with our environment, in an increasingly changing and long-lived society, and a nature that demands our greatest respect today.
The event is organized by Fomento del Turismo de Ibiza and its Health and Wellness Tourism Club Ibiza Health & Beauty, in collaboration with its Clubs Enjoy Ibiza Activities and Eating in Ibiza, thanks to the financing of the Consell d’Eivissa and the support of the Ajuntament d’Eivissa, Port de Balears, Trasmapi and Agroturismo Atzaró & Spa. This is a non-profit event that aims to promote Ibiza as a wellness destination and that contributes in a charitable way every year to a noble cause for health in Ibiza. This year, all donations go entirely to the APAAC – Pitiusa Association for Aid to People Affected by Cancer.
An event dedicated to the body and mind
As this event says, we are our body, what we think, what we eat, our contact with nature, culture and what we do in our daily actions and choices. It is vital to educate ourselves in healthy and natural habits, our physical activity routines, our way of eating and nourishing ourselves, the practice of healthy leisure and our responsibility with it in everything we consume.
This is how the great talents of the wellness and sports sector in Ibiza and the “wellness ambassadors” invited to this fifth edition have explained it to us. A magic formula for health, for body care brings together: yoga, fitness, active tourism activities in nature and healthy cooking courses; for a positive mind: coaching and for the spirit: connecting with our interior through meditation and rituals that unite dance, music and nature, spirits also very present on the island. Culture and history through dramatized visits were also part of this formula.
Ibiza Wellness Weekend in detail
The weekend began with this dramatized visit to Dalt Vila thanks to Ibiza Town Hall, with magnificent actors who represented episodes from the Middle Ages in different parts of the walled city, ending with a tasting of local products at the Baluarte de Santa Lucía. The following morning, due to this year's inclement weather, the Active Tourism activities on land and sea with more than 75 participants had to be postponed to a future date.
On Saturday afternoon, the international Grand Master Xuan Lan, “wellness ambassador” of the event, brought together 150 people at the new Botafoc Maritime Station in a Big Masterclass, unprecedented on the island, and Xuan is today the most recognized teacher in Spain, with almost 3 million followers on her digital platforms and a great professional career as a writer, influencer and businesswoman, giving events and training all over the world. Her performance was accompanied by great female DJs from the island such as Sylvia Operé and Cristina Quirós and with live music from the great musician Héctor Koa (who plays internationally with artists such as Deva Premal and Jay Utai) and locals Kirtan Ibiza.
The Agroturismo Atzaró hosted the 6 Masterclasses that brought together around 200 people throughout the day. Great talents from different disciplines of this lifestyle shared their knowledge: to start the day, Patricia Abad & María Giulia Alvigini from the Atzaró Spa team prepared our bodies with Somatic Expression (Yoga), Mariana from CrossFit Isla Blanca gave us a powerful fitness class. Aztaró Spa also provided sound meditation by Mirabel & Akalanka with Tibetan bowls, instruments such as the Kora and gongs. In the afternoon, the coaching of Yolanda Torres from Abre una Ventana helped us to have a positive mind and to “Flow with power” and the closing with Francesca Marchioro and Neliah Kandisha from “Chamana” and their ritual of music and dance made us dance and celebrate life with a golden clasp for the whole weekend.
At midday, we highlight the Showcooking of natural, local and seasonal cuisine with the “gastronomic ambassador” of the event: Elka Mocker from “Ama, come, vive, brilla” and Rosina Walter – Chef of the Atzaró Group based in the Aubergine restaurant, who delighted us with an inspiring class with high quality products on the island such as almonds, Ibizan potatoes, carob, pumpkin, xeixa, goat cheese, salt and honey, thanks to the fresh products of the Atzaró Garden and Ecofeixes, the cheeses from Ses Cabretes and Companatge, Frutos Secos de Ibiza and Sal Torres.
Details that made the weekend unique
The venues for this edition were also celebrating this year: the walled city of Ibiza Dalt Vila, which welcomed us on the 25th Anniversary of Eivissa as a World Heritage City by UNESCO; Agroturismo Atzaró on its 20th Anniversary; Trasmapi as a collaborating sponsor with its 50 years of work connecting the islands. A great team also for this fifth edition of the Ibiza Wellness Weekend.
The attendees also had surprises and gifts such as the raffle of the books made by Xuan Lan, Elka Mocker, Rosina Walter and the sexologist Nanaá Gassa and they took home a gift bag from Fomento del Turismo and its product Clubs, the Consell d’Eivissa, Trasmapi, Mel Cosmetics Ibiza and Ibiza Aloe. Thanks also to the support of Ibiza Rent a Van, The Standard Ibiza, Invisa Hotel La Cala, Moto Luis, Ibiza Padel Indoor for their collaborations.
Thanks to the efforts of all those involved in this great public-private collaboration: institutions, companies, collaborators, associations and talents, the diffusion and impact of the event has been enormous and with great recognition by the attendees. Impact both on social and online networks, as well as in local and national media.
Thank you all for supporting this type of initiatives such as the Ibiza Wellness Weekend, which looks after the health of people and the planet, and which makes Ibiza shine as a leading destination in quality wellness tourism for the island of Ibiza.
We look forward to seeing you in future editions!
