The show takes place in Jacksonville, Florida, in the middle of April. It is worth to remember this place and time if you are a fan of sea and river cruises, build your own boats, own a yacht or want to buy one.

Jacksonville Boat Show is a premium class show if you can say it about any event. It was created majorly for those who wants to sail on small boats. Boats, ski-jets, small cruise yachts would be presented at the exhibition.

The expositions will be created by the largest manufacturers of tourist equipment, equipment and materials for boats, as well as manufacturers of boats and yachts themselves.The companies producing sports equipment, from water skis and ski-jets to equipment for diving, surfing and other sports will be here as well.

You can take your family by to enjoy the show. While your spouse will go to an exhibition or to buy some clothes, children can participate in exciting competitions, and you will be able to look through the best yachts, to pick up equipment for yourself and to visit one of the numerous seminars.

Much attention on Jacksonville Boat Show is paid to educational program which is very extensive. In spite of the fact that yacht show takes only 3 days, it is possible to have a good rest here, to pick up a boat or equipment, and to receive new skills on any sailing subject.

Before the navigation season starts it is worth to take three days in the first half of April off and to visit Southeast US Boat Show, where you can replace the yacht or to modernize your own, to look at novelties and simply to get a lot of positive energy and inspiration for future fulfillments.

Southeast US Boat Show is a show that gives to yachtsmen pleasure from new openings, and offers new clients to sellers for two dozens of years.

The program of yacht show includes:

– hundreds of exhibits: boats, yachts, equipment, accessories;

– dozens of seminars, lessons, master classes;

– live music;

– performances of experts, renown in the world of yachting.

Not only manufacturers of yachts can find their clients here. Yacht brokers who are ready to offer thousands of options of yachts for sale, and to show the best from what they have, also come here. On seven hundred parts of the land and a huge floating in the sea dock you will be able to spend all the time of an exhibition, communicating with adherents and discovering new yachts for yourself. It is enough to place thousands of visitors, but if you plan to arrive here for three days, you should take care of hotel room reservation in advance. Tens of thousands of people come here.

If you are choosing which yacht festival you have to visit first and have a little idea of where to go, Belgian Boat Show will be the best option for you. Organizers claim that this is a starting point for everyone who is interested in active tourism on the sea and not only.

There are two reasons for this.

The first one is that this show is very affordable. You do not have to fly across the ocean if you live in Europe Europe, or to try to get to China, Australia or Singapore. All you need is a Schengen visa and one or two days on the bus and you will find yourself in Gent, at one of the most interesting boat shows.

You will see an incredible amount of exhibits and expositions. The central place is given to  the yachts, motorboats, boats inclusive foldable and inflatable. New models of  catamarans and trimarans are exposed here. One can also find speed boats and cruise boats. Additionally there are equipment and accessories, inclusive cloths and security systems, sportive inventory for the water sport (for example, surf boards) and many other useful things.

Not only manufacturers visit the exhibitions. Yacht brokers, representatives from government, touristic companies, owners of piers are coming here. Visiting a Belgian boat show will be useful for everyone: for a professional yachtsman as well as for someone who has never stepped on the deck of the yacht.

If you look for the best way to spend May holidays with the maximum use, pay attention to Internautica International Boat Show, an exhibition of yachts and boats having the international status. Be sure that you will spend your holidays amazing.

There are a lot of reasons for this:

• You do not need to hurry. You don’t need to fly on other side of the globe if you live in Europe, you do not have to take vacation or to try to put off your business for one or two weeks. Show takes place in Slovenia that is located very close.
• Convenient time. The show takes place in the beginning of May when everybody has days off and holidays traditionally. This time is very calm in a business environment that is simply perfect to visit the boat show.
• It is a very large-scaled event for the East European country. Slovenia accommodated about 15 thousand people in 2015, and the next year it is planning to increase the scales. 150 companies present their production. On exhibition venues there were about hundred boats.

The program of show is very full and interesting. The tasks will be carried out by yacht producers and dealers as well as by visitors of an exhibition. The special attention will be traditionally paid to environmental problems. At a yacht exhibition clothes, accessories, the equipment – in short, all that can be useful to the owner of the yacht and the traveler will be presented.

Eight and a half thousand kilometers of the coast is the good reason to start your own yacht show. Actually, Turkey has way more reasons for this. The main goal is to help developing amateur sailing and therefore promote professional sailing. Another goal is two establish a solid network of contacts and export destinations of home-produced vehicles. Turkey has a lot to show at the relatively young boat show Eurasia.

The company «Positive Fuarcılık» became one of the organizers of the show. Being supported by the international community this event reached exceptionally good results. Sailing and motor boats, speed and cruise ships, equipment and materials for yacht building, engines and electronic systems, cloths and accessories are presented at this event. You cannot count all the exhibits.

Boat show is located at 120 square meters area and the quantity of visitors exceeds 500. The quantity of visitors now is way higher than 175 thousands, and all of them can easily find a place to stay at one of the multiple Turkish hotels.

If you want to discover Turkey do come here in the middle of February. You can combine the visit to the show with the excursion in Istanbul, exciting night life and having vacation in the warm South country, where sun shines all year long.

National Safe Boating Week is the major event not only of yacht craftsmen and yachtsmen, but also for experts in the field of safety and an security on the water – in fresh-water reservoirs and in the sea. This  show has already become traditional and attracts world renown experts and doesn’t need to be introduced.

The event is national, but it doesn’t mean that foreign experts and the audience are not allowed to participate. On the contrary, organizers are very interested in newcomers, new ideas and new experts.

Week of safety on water can become another name of this event. It is for sure not the boat show and not a fair that are so widespread in the USA. This exhibition is very informative, and has a sated program (despite its duration) and welcomes a lot of participants. Safety subjects are discussed here, new technologies are presented, tests are carried out.

If it comes to voyages, the problem of safety is particularly acute nowadays. The main goal of National Safe Boating Week is to achieve the maximum results in protection from any risks. And it is especially actual in anticipation of summer.

February is very fruitful for boat shows. Almost all over the world at the same time about a dozen of festivals take place. Most of those are rather large. One of them is Strictly Sail Chicago.

This festival welcomed about 250 participants and more than twenty thousands of visitors even in the years 2008-2009 when the whole economy and yacht sector in particular experienced crisis. This was an amazing result for such a difficult period. A record that was bet by this show itself not once afterwards.

The show is not only about novelties and seminars. At this festival one can buy a boat, equipment, accessories and souvenirs. It is a host for more than a hundred of events that are dedicated to teaching and exchanging the experience between the yachtsmen. A beginner would also find something to do as there are so many expositions at this exhibition that it is barely possible to see everything in four days. Professionals will also like it as Strictly Sail Chicago presents some novelties to the visitors.

The exhibition is dedicated mainly to the sailboats. There are several hundreds of such boats at this show, all are hand-made from wood using the newest equipment with plastic details.

Sailing is a technically difficult sport, and organizers took a proper care that there would be a lot of classes and master-classes for visitors.

Former Soviet countries do not suggest a large variety of boat shows with the long history. Only in 1990-1991  the first festivals started to be organized for the boats owners and manufacturers, initially unofficially. One of those shows that is probably the oldest in this part of the world is Wind and Water Boat Show.

«Wind and water» is a lyric name that fits the best to this boat show despite the main event is actually happening far away from the sea at the expo center EXPO XXI (Warsaw). In the beginning of February representatives of manufacturers come from all over the Europe. This exhibition is visited from time to time by the Russian manufacturers as well.

This event suggest various exhibits in many areas. Equal attention is paid to the motorboats, that are very popular today, and to the sailboats inclusive light ones and canoe. Those who love speed, amateur fishermen and fans of water sports will find what they need here. Enterprises that are specialized on the equipment (for example motors) and accessories for leisure time on water.

«Wind and water» is a show that is very famous in the business circles and among those who cannot think about their life without water and traveling. If you have vacation in the midst of February, you have to spend some days at this event – you will be very satisfied.

In Sanctuary Cove in Australia at the very end of spring one of the largest, fascinating and interesting international boat show is carried out.

At this exhibition about five hundred boats are presented, thousands of types of the equipment and accessories find the place at stands and trading floors of dealers and producers yearly. All this is located in one big venue where kayaks and yachts for million dollars adjoin.

Sanctuary Cove International Boat Show is an event that everybody will like. It will please everybody and will create an excellent impression for everybody in your family. While you examine boats and communicate with adherents while, sit at a seminar or study how to control the boat on a master class, your children will be able to spend time in a children’s zone playing games and competing, and your spouse can take part in a culinary show, walk along a main deck of the VIP-boat, to see celebrities and to take the autograph. It won’t be boring for anybody!

The festival takes four days, and it is possible not only to arrive by plane here, but also to come on own boat. By the way, a lot of yachtsmen prefer to combine visiting yacht exhibitions with cruises also.

If the area of your interests runs far beyond yachting and you would like to learn something new in the area of fishing and hunting, «wild» or «civilized» tourism, including yacht tourism, you have to come to Sandy, Utah. Here in the mid of February in between two lakes an interesting event called Sportsmens Vacation & RV Show takes place.

At the Sandy Exhibition Center novelties in the area of automative and yacht building. For example vans and mobile houses, trucks and scooters, equipment for hunting and fishing, tourist programs and excursions, and, of course, various boats, ski-jets, boats.

At Utah Sportsmens Vacation & RV Show hundreds of novelties are presented, thousands of contracts are signed, many important questions in the area of tourism and active life style are discussed.

Coming here you can feel the atmosphere of professionalism for four days: show suggests dozens of conferences, seminars, master-classes. Of course there is an entertaining part and different sweepstakes.

You do not have to necessarily buy something at the Utah Sportsmens Vacation & RV Show. This festival will help to understand main tendencies of development of the active tourism area, find out about new directions, and of course about modernization of technical facilities.

The history of Turkey as a EU member state and a typical European country is not that extensive. One cannot actually cal Turkey European country as oriental traditions and religion have a very strong impact on people’s lives here. But this does not stop Turks to invade the European economy and… life. We are not talking exclusively about tourism as people in Turkey pay special attention to yachting as well. The largest show in Eastern Mediterranean takes place here.

Istanbul International Boat Show is more than 30 years old which is a very mature age for a yacht show. A lot of things happened in this period of time. Not only the formate and the size of the exhibition have changed but also he market itself. Thanks to this show Turkish yacht manufacturers obtained their reputation and fame. Istanbul International Boat Show traditionally presents several hundreds of yachts, hundreds of equipment and accessories items for the yacht owners. Tens of thousands of guests appear at the exhibition. Among them not only yachting amateurs and aces, but also ship craftsmen and regular tourists that were dreaming to see the show.

If you would try to find information about the show on the internet you may be misled with several versions of the date and venue of the show. Can one exhibition – Istanbul International Boat Show – take its place in several venues at the different time?

Yes, of course! This point was proved by organizers that took a simple and elegant decision – they divided show in two parts.

The first one takes place in spring (April-May period) at the Golden Horn, historical centre of Istanbul. One can see here old and relatively old yachts. Some are very affordable to any yachtsmen, others are playing a role of historical attraction.

The second part of the show takes place in fall, in Pendik – a town that is situated very close to Istambul. The best old exhibits as well as all the novelties of the year are transported here to Marinturk marina. The yachtsman that wants to purchase new and chic vehicle should definitely come here.

Turkish officials are very attentive and careful in everything concerning Istanbul International Boat Show organization as it became very important for the local manufacturers. It is necessary to mention that officials reinforce that trust completely satisfying all the needs of the potential customers and making them happy. Audience can find chic boats of high quality that are interesting from inside as well as from outside. This show is international: that means that one can see yachts of the famous European, American and Asian brands. Nevertheless the base and the chord of the exhibitions is formed from the Turkish yachts and boats. They can be easily recognized as being decorated with a lot of wood (feature that is very typical for the Turkey). Wood is in general used here way more often than in Europe and America. If the American boat has wooden enclosures that most probably means that this vehicle is from the luxury collection, while you can find wooden details on Turkish boats of moderate price. Manufacturers here like to make wooden ship’s hulls and use a special way to treat it. The hull is painted only until the waterline. This allows to mention a damage or decay immediately.

Istanbul International Boat Show is slightly similar to Chinese shows. Everybody comes there from all over the region to look at the large amount of yachts. There is a delightful ambience that makes everyone forget about crisis and problems. You can easily find an affordable yacht of high quality here. The technical characteristics of such a boa can be very similar to those of European and American boats. Independent of when you decided to visit Istanbul International Boat Show – in spring or in fall – you will not be disappointed.

What do travel, hunting, fishing and hunting have in common? Probably the main thing is that you can combine all these activities. For example at the LaCross festival, Wisconsin. At the Mississippi coast in the place where it splits in many smaller rivers a large scale event dedicated to the active tourism takes place yearly.

As any other show LaCrosse Boat, Sports,Travel,RV and Hunting Show was created in the first case to present novelties in the area of sportive and touristic equipment, accessories for hunting and fishing, boating and yachting. One cannot really call this festival a boat show. It is way more extend and may be more interesting.

For the yachtsman that arrived from afar and lives far from the sea this show will be even more interesting as most of the boats that are presented here are intended to go to the fresh water that is normally not that deep. You can choose a yacht, a boat or a ski-jet to travel along the river, hunt and fish.

One can find out a lot of interesting information from the related areas, get acquainted with people who share one’s interests, build a network of useful contacts with manufacturers, representatives of maintenance and touristic companies. Festival in LaCrosse takes place yearly in the midst of February.