We’ve been helping women reach new peaks on Kilimanjaro and beyond for over a decade. We felt the transformational power of adventure personally, and now there’s data backing up what we’ve felt and see it on daily basis in our travelers. Research is proving time and time again the positive impact that nature and adventure travel has on our lives, both personally and professionally.
5 STATS ABOUT THE
POWER OF ADVENTURE TRAVEL
THAT BLEW OUR MIND
Traveling 2x
per year lowers your chances of
Coronary Heart Disease.
According to a study published in Harvard Business Review, researchers found of the 749 women in the study, those who took time away and traveled 2x per year had better health outcomes. Going on vacation can also lower your chances of dying from coronary heart disease, including lower blood sugar levels and improved HDL or “good” cholesterol levels.
Source:
How Taking a Vacation Improves Your Well-Being. Harvard Business Review.
People who
take more than
10 vacation days
a year are 2x
as likely to get a raise or a bonus.
Not only is stepping away and creating space for yourself better for your physical health, but it’s also linked to better performance in the workplace. In an internal research study by EY (Ernst & Young), they found employees who use more vacation days ended up with better performance reviews, and were twice as likely to get a raise or a bonus. Have you a started planning your next adventure yet?!
Source:
The Data-Driven Case for Vacation. Harvard Business Review.
Every 40 hours
of free time taken, extends an employees’ stay
at a company by
8 months.
For all the managers reading this, vacation helps slow down employee turnover. A study by EY suggests that the more vacation hours people take, the better their work reviews are, and the less likely they'll be to leave the company. The TLDR: taking time out is imperative to personal and professional well being!
Source:
Want a Raise? Try Taking a Vacation. CNBC.
Hiking for only
30 minutes has
been shown to reduce
stress hormones by
as much as 28%.
And there's even more research that specifically dives into the importance of adventure travel. A study done by National Geographic, showed that hiking for just 30 minutes reduces stress hormones up to 28%. And, the more you walk and the longer you hike the more effective it is at decreasing stress.
Source:
Why Hiking is Uniquely Beneficial for your Body and Brain. National Geographic.
2 nights in nature was 50% more powerful at improving wellbeing than mindfulness and meditation techniques.
Last year Unyoked and AllTrails conducted the first ever global nature study, and found that 2 nights in nature was 50% more powerful at improving wellbeing, than mindfulness and meditation techniques. Considering wellness is a $5.6 trillion industry, it's pretty amazing to think that it could really be as simple (and fun) as just stepping outside!
Source:
Global Nature Study. Unyoked + All Trials
