The 3rd Dalmatia Boat Show opened at the Baotić Marina

The 3rd Dalmatia Boat Show, an international boat show with a fleet of more than 200 yachts and boats, was officially opened this Thursday at the Baotić Marina in Seget Donji. The organizer has announced a rich accompanying program until Sunday, April 19, which they hope to attract numerous visitors, from industry professionals to sea lovers.

"Indoor winter fairs in Europe are stagnating, while those by the sea and the sun are growing, because boats belong to the sea, not to halls. Dalmatia Boat Show is in the right place and at the right time, as confirmed by the growth from 120 to 180 exhibitors in just three years. This fair is today one of the key gathering places of the nautical industry and a project with a clear future. This is not just an exhibition, but a meeting of everyone who lives from the sea: from manufacturers and service providers to charterers and buyers. Fairs are still needed, and this concept has a future because it combines business and experience. We face the challenge of further growth, but also the opportunity for our nautical fair to become an even more important reference point for nautical tourism on the Adriatic," said Marina Baotić owner and fair initiator Željko Baotić at the opening ceremony of the fair.

The representative of the Croatian National Tourist Board, product manager for nautical tourism Kruna Šolić Sutlović, emphasized that it is extremely important that the Dalmatia Boat Show is continuously organized in the Split-Dalmatia County, since the highest number of arrivals and overnight stays in charter is recorded in this county.

"It is very important that the fair is organized in Marina Baotić, since this is one of the busiest marinas, both in the county and in Croatia. It is a highly categorized marina with four anchors. Boaters are one of the first guests to open the pre-season and one of the last to close the post-season, and therefore we can say that nautical tourism is one of the main generators of economic development in this region," said Šolić Sutlović.