Despite the coronavirus crisis, the number of super-rich broke records in 2021 with more than 3,000 billionaires identified.
A great development opportunity for the yachting sector.
Sales of these luxury vessels over 30 meters have indeed increased by 8% in the first nine months of 2021 compared to the same period in 2019, according to the specialized site Superyacht Group.
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A good recovery for this sector which represents several billion dollars and which had been strongly impacted at the start of the health crisis. “
2021 is a significantly better year than any of the past 12 years,
” said dealer Fraser Yachts. The price of these boats can go up to 600 million dollars for a new model. Since the start of the year, more than 200 new superyachts have been launched against 165 in 2019.
A real boon for the players in the sector.
The Italian manufacturer Ferreti has an order book of over 900 million euros between January and September 2021, against 691 million euros in 2019. Similarly, the Italian Azimut Benetti saw its sales triple compared to 2020 to reach 1.2 billion euros in August, driven by demand from American customers.
