Domestic buyers expected to be strongest yacht buyers  

國際頂尖游艇將云集澳門 料內地市場受青睞

超過30家全球游艇頂尖品牌及千余位意向買家將在11月共聚澳門，拉開第三屆中國(澳門)國際游艇進出口博覽會序幕。據主辦方介紹，此番打造的游艇進出口平臺，料內地市場最受青睞。 [查看全文]

Hong Kong (CNS) -- Domestic buyers are expected to be the strongest purchasers of luxury yachts at the upcoming 2013 China (Macao) International Yacht Import and Export Fair, according to a program organizer on Tuesday.

The fair will feature new products from over 30 premium yacht brands from around the world. Hundreds of yacht clubs from home and abroad and over a thousand potential buyers have signed up to the event.

The fair has also emerged as a bridge linking the mainland yacht market to Macao's.

At a previous session of the fair in 2012, over 60 percent of the yacht buyers were from the mainland, according to Wang Hongguo, an official at the China Ocean Aviation Group.

The yacht industry in the mainland is still booming, said Wang, who compared it to the auto industry two decades ago on the mainland.

It was hard for people to own private cars 20 years ago, but as cars became more affordable and the regulation of the auto industry has improved, more and more Chinese have become car owners. The same thing is happening with the yacht industry, Wang added.

The three day fair will open on November 1 in Macao.