The Venice Boat Show has
successfully wrapped up after registering a total of 27,000
visitors over five days.
The international fair event, whose motto was "The naval art
comes home", proved to be a major attraction.
And Venice Mayor Luigi Brugnaro said his administration has
already financed the show for another two years.
"Venice is once again the 'queen of the seas' in the widest
possible cultural sense", he said.
"We have shown our ability in design and the architecture of
construction, also recuperating traditional activities".
"The administration has already funded the Show for two more
years - we don't want it to be an extemporaneous event", the
mayor explained.
Culture was an integral part of the show in the waters of the
Arsenal, which was scheduled to coincide with the 2019 Venice
Art Biennale, with shows and cultural events focusing on
civilizations of the sea.
Overall, 43 meetings on various aspects of navigation - from
the environment to sustainability and yacht design - were held
during the event, along with eight exhibits focusing on
navigation, the sea and transportation.
Brugnaro said the objective is to make the event a permanent
one.
"We have already started registrations for the next edition".
"We want to host the whole sector, from small to big boats".
"The next editions will not only involve the Arsenal but the
whole city will participate, as it has already started doing",
explained Brugnaro.
"The public awarded us, we exceeded 27,000 presences", said
Fabrizio D'Oria, the director of marketing and events of Vela
Spa.
The large number of visitors is "an important starting point
for the first edition of the expo", he added.
"Venice has shown that is has a lot to offer", D'Oria also
said.
"Thanks to the collaboration of all civilian and military
institutions, in particular the Military Navy for the special
opening of the spaces of the Arsenal, and the support of the
various directions of the City of Venice and its partner
companies" the Arsenal has been prepared "with important
maintenance work" ahead of "future editions" of the boat show.
A key factor compared to previous editions, the management of
Vela Spa explained, was to give the event an international
dimension rather than a local one.
The Ferretti Group, which manufactures and markets powerboats
and luxury yachts, used the Arsenal for the inaugural party of
the 50-meter boat Riva "Race" and for the international
presentation to the public of the motoryacht Custom Line 107.
The Italian yachting sector is a top quality industry, an
ambassador of Made in Italy with an added value of 11.8 billion
euros, which has grown by 9.8% between 2015 and 2018.
The Veneto region has expanded significantly in this sector:
if Lombardy takes the top spot with 2.2 billion euros, Veneto is
second with 1.57 billion.
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