This September, the boat show reaches its 59th edition in the exhibition space of the Genoa fair and, as usual, it is attracting many people from all over Italy and abroad.
The event confirms its openness to new brands and they consolidate the fame of the show far beyond national borders.
The organizers had to refuse numerous requests, due to the exhaustion of the available spaces.
Precisely for this reason, I have heard that for the next year there will be an expansion of the spaces designed to welcome those who wish to participate.
Upon entering, we will be able to admire a novelty: the new Urban Wall, of around 1500 square meters which will greet all the participants at the entrance. Among the boats on display there will be many new features such as the new carbon fiber superyachts, or the innovations for the sailing section.
The nautical sector has always been a strong one in our region and for boat fans it is a great opportunity to discover the latest news in all the services in the field, in addition to the novelties of shipbuilding production, engineering and electronics. For this event, the exhibition area has been extended and renewed, considering the numerous requests for yachts and superyachts and sailing boats. There are five areas set up in the spaces of the Boat Show, keeping in mind the numbers that the project has reached: almost a thousand exhibitors and more than a thousand boat models, journalists from 25 different countries and more tickets sold this year compared to the previous year.
Boat yard
I have two friends in the boat business and they are giving me some insights although I have never visited the show myself. One of my friends works in a boat shop which sells yachts’ accessories, while the other one works for a boat licensing school which organizes classes for people who want to get a license to own a yacht.
They told me that admission starts every day from 10 a.m. at the price of €15 and most people attending the show either work in the sector or are rich clients “shopping” for a boat.
One of the novelties this year are the electric boats because, just like for cars, people are getting more interested in using electricity as an alternative to fuel to preserve the environment.
The electric boat is not a yacht but rather a luxury tender boat, adaptable to the taste and the needs of the customers thanks to its custom-made realization (Made in Italy). This boat seems to have an elevated autonomy and, thanks to its green nature, it has already been recognized at the international level upon receiving the Green Award in Montecarlo.
The shipyard's electrical program was in fact recently doubled with the construction this innovative electric boat which will be presented to the press and potentially interested visitors at the Boat Show in Genoa in this edition.
On the occasion of the 59th Boat Show, the city of Genoa also expanded the calendar of cultural events and ad hoc events for boating enthusiasts. The Show, in fact, this year will also leave the only traditional location of the fairgrounds to animate the places of greatest historical and tourist interest around the city, offering the public an interesting and rich program of events to attract more people to the ‘world of boats.’
The program of events outside the Salone Nautico is very rich and it’s called GenovaInBlu (Genoa in blue), and it’s a program that proposes cultural, gastronomic and social events to let tourists and visitors to the Exhibition rediscover the Genoese way of living and discover the thousand faces of our city.
Boats from all over the world sold in Genoa
There are also reductions on tickets for those visiting the Genoese Museums and Palazzo Ducale showing the boat show ticket, the evocative exhibitions, itineraries and concerts.
