An outstanding Palma Boat Show finished last Sunday with a saldo of more visitors, more exhibitors and more potential buyers than last year, a success that we hope will be reflected in the volume of business in the coming months. Over the last weeks we have received also some other important news, for example the increase of year to year boat sales and the forecasted growth of nautical tourism in Spain.
In just two years Palma Boat Show has reached the potential to become one of the most important shows in the Mediterranean. This event, built on the foundations of the project presented by AENIB through the Organizing Committee last year, is capable of attracting more visitors, exhibitors and potential buyers year after year. It is still early to evaluate the results in depth, but the opinions you have passed to us so far indicate that the exhibitors have been able to make the most of these five days. We also appreciate the extra effort the exhibitors did by programming additional activities and presentations that made the show more attractive and dynamic.
Looking ahead towards the the next edition, we hope that the work continues to keep the show up to the expectations and in line with the importance of the Balearic Islands within the recreational nautical market. To reach this, it is important that the Organizing Committee and all the organizations that make part of it, will have the same prominence and the decision making power as last year. The new model of the show, capable of great things, was born out of collaboration between the public and the private sectors. This very same spirit will carry the Palma Boat Show to become one of the greatest in the Mediterranean.
The II Nautical Congress, organized by ANEN, took place in the beginning of April. It was an event of great significance, in which we were pleased to participate together with many of our associates. During two intensive days the Spanish nautical business sector debated many for our future important issues, like the necessary fiscal and administrative reforms, the new nautical qualifications, the development of the nautical sector in other countries etc. The large number of participants in the Congress was an indicator of the importance of the event and shows also the concern of the nautical industry for the issues it is affected by. On behalf of AENIB we would like to thank ANEN for organizing the event and congratulate for its media impact.
Precisely for the opportunity the Congress offered, the Merchant Navy used it as a platform to publish the reform of the nautical qualification, an announcement the whole sector had been waiting for months. To find out the details of the reform, I recommend you read the article further down in this bulletin. At AENIB we are pleased with the reform, as finally the administrative framework will be matching our day to day reality. We believe that the changes will be beneficial both for the users as for the businesses in the recreational nautical sector.
During the past year the number of yacht registrations has increased, both new (+15,51%) as well as second hand boats (+18%). This information gives us a hint of the longed for recovery of the recreational nautical sector in our country. The news of the exemption of the matriculation tax on all charter yachts is still so fresh, that it is difficult to judge its impact on this data. But certainly in the coming months, and above all in the face of the next season, we will notice its effect on the number of registrations. At AENIB we have worked very hard to achieve the exemption of this unfair and counterproductive tax. Our aim is to be able to compete in equal conditions with our neighbouring countries, and therefore will not stop fighting until the matriculation tax is completely eliminated. The potential benefits far outweigh the unnoticeable tax income it generates.
Within short we will publish on our website the reports and articles prepared by our press department about the show and the associates who exhibited at the show. For the time being we would like to invite you to visit our Facebook page and to enjoy the wonderful photos we have posted there.
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