The four-day Xiamen International Boat Show 2011 was successfully closed at Wuyuan Bay, on November 7. The Show has altogether welcome 157 exhibitors, increasing by 17% in comparison to last year, among which, there were 27 foreign exhibitors from Italy, France, Australia, Thailand, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and many others, increasing by 23% in comparison to last year. More than 200 yachts, including 88 yachts onshore and over 130 yachts on-water, have been presented at Wuyuan Bay. The scale was really fantastic.
The Show also held a great number of supporting activities, such as the First Entrepreneur Sailing Boast Competition of China, Yacht Baby Contest, Yacht Photography Competition, Yacht Trial and On-site Show of Luxury Cars and Helicopters. More than ten thousand people have been attracted and the potential clients surpass one thousand. As the first closed show adopting on-site ticket sales, it is proved to be a great success.
The entire quality and turnover of the Show have been greatly improved under the careful arrangement and organization of the organizing committee for potential buyers. According to the incomplete statistics of the organizing committee, there were 32 yachts being transacted (including six yachts over 60-foot, four 50-59-foot yachts, three 40-49-foot yachts and nineteen yachts under 40-foot), increasing by 40% compared with that of last year and hitting a new high. The turnover of the already confirmed contracts of intention reaches up to RMB six hundred million yuan.
Besides, the first domestic yacht supermarket (Roads & Bridges Wuyuan Bay Yacht Supermarket) also generated powerful effect during the Show, with which seven motorboats and four rubber boats were successfully sold. China is expecting more distributors who own the yachts up to RMB 300 Million to join the market.
China (Xiamen) International Boat Show 2011 is renowned domestically and oversea for its unique real yacht exhibition on land and water. It has become the first genuine on-water boat show in China seen from its continuously improving scale, quality and achievements.
CXIBS 2012 will be held from 2nd to 5th November 2012 at Xiamen Marina again.