A boat show is a public exhibition or trade fair of current boat models, debuts, concept vessels, or out-of-production classics. Due to the nature of the industry building around yachting and nautical tourism, a boat show may be a social event. Marine manufacturers, ship and boat builders, and yachters commonly attend.
Most boat shows occur once a year, typically for the duration of a week. They may have exhibitions on land or on water. Boat shows are vital to marine manufacturers and local dealers as a public relations exercise, for advertising products, and for increasing publicity.
List of boat shows
The boat shows listed below are members of the International Federation of Boat Show Organisers (IFBSO):
| Location | Show | Exhibition Space | # Exhibitors | # Foreign exh. thereof |
# Visitors | data as of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Athens, Greece
|
Athens International Boat Show | 50,000 m | 287 | 7 | 89,897 | 2009 |
 Barcelona, Spain
|
Barcelona International Boat Show | 110,000 m | 387 | 64 | 17,907 | 2009 |
 Brisbane, Australia
|
Brisbane International Boat Show | 110,000 m | 387 | 64 | 17,907 | 1961 |
 Dubai, United Arab Emirates
|
Dubai International Boat Show | 85,000 m | 702 | 247 | 23,000 | 2010 |
 Düsseldorf, Messe, Germany
|
boot Düsseldorf | 220,000 m | 1,577 | 677 | 240,200 | 2010 |
 Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States
|
Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show | 278,700 m | 986 | 132 | 117,200 | 2008 |
| Friedrichshafen, Germany
|
Interboot - International Watersports Exhibition | 67,000 m | 512 | 123 | 93,800 | 2009 |
 Genoa, Italy
|
Genoa International Boat Show | 311,000 m | 1,450 | 560 | 280,500 | 2009 |
 Gothenburg, Sweden
|
Gothenburg Boat Show | 32,950 m | 344 | 12 | 77,124 | 2010 |
| Hamburg, Germany
|
hanseboot - International Boat Show Hamburg | 85,274 m | 765 | 124 | 96,059 | 2008 |
 Helsinki, Finland
|
Helsinki International Boat Show | 44,000 m | 345 | 8 | 74,551 | 2010 |
 Lisbon, Portugal
|
Lisbon Boat Show | 30,000 m | 340 | 54 | 79,664 | 2009 |
 London, England, United Kingdom
|
London Boat Show | 52,000 m | 520 | 40 | 103,000 | 2010 |
| Miami, Florida, United States
|
Miami International Boat Show | 225,430 m | 2,000 | 41 | 91,415 | 2010 |
 Portorož, Lucija, Slovenia
|
Internautica, International Boat Show | 37,400 m | 386 | 221 | 19,479 | 2010 |
 Shanghai, PR China
|
Shanghai International Boat Show | 32,000 m | 400 | 98 | 15,287 | 2010 |
| Southampton, England, United Kingdom
|
Southampton Boat Show | 154,000 m | 560 | 86 | 122,000 | 2009 |
 Split, Croatia
|
Croatia Boat Show | 128,000 m | 382 | 117 | 37,400 | 2009 |
| Stockholm, Sweden
|
Stockholm International Boat Show | 65,000 m | 472 | 31 | 104,657 | 2010 |
| Sydney, Australia
|
Sydney International Boat Show | 25,000 m | 263 | 7 | 71,810 | 2009 |
 Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
|
Korea International Boat Show | 32,150 m | 240 | 40 | 40,000 | 2016 |
 Yokohama, Japan
|
Japan International Boat Show (Japanese) | 16,740 m | 170 | 8 | 42,000 | 2010 |
The boat shows that are not members of the International Federation of Boat Show Organisers (IFBSO):
References
- Show size Archived June 18, 2010, at the Wayback Machine, International Federation of Boat Show Organisers (IFBSO)
- Exhibitor numbers Archived June 11, 2010, at the Wayback Machine, International Federation of Boat Show Organisers (IFBSO)
- Visitor numbers Archived 2010-07-26 at the Wayback Machine, International Federation of Boat Show Organisers (IFBSO)
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