Genoa International Boat Show to showcase event at Expo 2025 Osaka
The Italian Marine Industry Association will present a preview of the 65th Genoa International Boat Show during the Expo 2025 Osaka in Japan on 30 June, highlighting the Mediterranean’s largest event and third largest boat show in the world.
The Japanese presentation provides a key international platform to reinforce the Genoa International Boat Show (which runs this year from 18 to 23 September 2025) as a world-class platform from which to promote and support Made in Italy production, connect companies, innovations, markets, and marine professionals.
“With its presentation at Expo Osaka, the Genoa International Boat Show, organised by the Italian Marine Industry Association, continues in its role as an ambassador of the ‘Made in Italy’ brand across the world and of the industrial value of the boating sector,” says Alessandro Gianneschi, Italian Marine Industry Association’s vice president responsible for promoting Made in Italy production, who will be representing the Association in Japan.”
The Italian event spans 20,000sqm, of which 85 per cent is outdoors allowing for sea trials and on-water showcases.
“For 65 editions, the Genoa International Boat Show has promoted and supported the boating industry, thanks to its specific nature as a supply chain event, designed and organised by the Italian Marine Industry Association, an association of companies for companies, and has fostered such an exceptionally positive trend over the last 20 years, accompanying the sector’s businesses on a journey defined by growth and excellence,” says Gianneschi.
Italian boating industry: positive trends
In 2023 the sector recorded a record global turnover of €8.33 billion (+13.6% on 2022), with exports exceeding €4.3 billion, reaching an all-time high. Italy is the world leader in superyacht production (>24m), with over 50 per cent of all global orders made in Italy, and equally world leader in the production of inflatable boats, components and engines.
With an export rate of 90 per cent and over 200,000 jobs, the Italian boating industry represents a supply chain that can boast a steep economic multiplier, an industrial heritage that fuels innovation, work and added value in the territories.
Genoa International Boat Show 2025
Organised by the Italian Marine Industry Association – Confindustria Nautica, the Genoa International Boat Show is the only Italian exhibition in the IFBSO circuit. The Genoa Boat Show is Italy’s second most economically impactful national exhibition after Milan’s Salone del Mobile.
Every year, according to an analysis carried out by Nielsen, the Genoa International Boat Show generates between €65 and €70 million in the span of just a few days and attracts industry operators and press from over 30 countries and five continents.
From 18 to 23 September 2025, the Genoa Boat Show will take place in the new Levante Waterfront venue, designed by star architect Renzo Piano, which will see the marine area and indoor sports arena fully completed. The new waterfront, and Genoa Boat Show venue, represents the first exhibition infrastructure designed specifically for the boating sector.
