Name: Asia Yacht Expo
Start: 2026-05-15
End: 2026-05-17
Location: China Import and Export Fair (Canton Fair Complex)

About the Event

When and where the Asia Yacht Expo will be held?

Asia Yacht Expo Asia Water-Based Tourism, Sports, Leissure Crafts & Yacht Expo and New-Energy Intelligent & Automatic Boats Expo will be held on 15-17 May 2026 at the China Import and Export Fair (Canton Fair Complex) in Guangzhou, China.

What is the Asia Yacht Expo?

Yacht industry in China had an increase in its output value of 12.8 billion yuan in 2024 from 6.5 billion yuan in 2020, with CAGR reached 18.7%, and its market scale is estimated to exceed 28 billion yuan. Water leisure tourism industry is ushering in unprecedented world filled wth opportunities as China is advocating dual-circulation in its economy and preferential policies are provided by the building of Guangdong - Hong Kong - Macao Greater Bay Area.

Asia Water-Based Tourism, Sports, Leisure Craft & Yacht Expo and New Energy Intelligent & Unmanned Boat Eco Expo (Asia Yacht Expo) 2026, held by Guangdong Grandeur International Exhibition Group Co.,Ltd. and Guangdong Yacht Industry Association, is to be opened on 15 May 2026 and lasts for 3 days at China Import and Export Fair Complex, to promote high-calibre development of China`s industrial chains relevant to yacht, water sports and water tourism as well as to build a one-stop display platform for such industries. 500 companies related to water sports products, diving fittings, touring and sightseeing boats and water-based tourism and 100 investing institutions as well as experts and scholars will be invited to the fairground for exhibiting and attending forums. It is estimated that 35,000 visitors will pay visit to the pavilion. Asia Yacht Expo aims to build a leading platform integrating global yacht industrial resources to help companies achieve technology breakthroughs, reach targeted high-end clients and attain business value springboard via three-pronged pattern incorporating “technology” + “market” + “ecosystem”.

Asia Yacht Expo 2026 will gather 500 leading companies ranging from full production of luxury yacht to core components, smart voyage systems to environmentally friendly powering technologies, strengthening the full chain covering from research to consumption ends. This demonstrates the latest achievements arising from global yacht industry and focuses on four major trends to be standardized, intelligent, environmentally friendly and high-end so as to build a strategic platform conducive to global tech cooperation and business alignments. The full product categories and the exposure effect brought by it will generate positive circularity to create the greatest commercial value to our exhibitors.

This expo builds up a globalized buyers data bank via AI and big data techs to thoroughly analyzed the buyers` images and preferences so as to precisely match the exhibitors with targeted clients. Meanwhile, it take advantage of benefits of “Belt and Road Initiative” to continuously increase the proportion of exhibitors and buyers from countries alongside the initiative in the expo. The bi-coordination of Cloud Momentum and physical fair form a never-ending global yacht trading network.

Asia Yacht Expo will invite household industrial associations and major buyer groups from yacht clubs, tourism operators, cross-boundary distributors and high-net-value individuals around the world who will definitely increase the deal-reaching opportunities for their strong buying capability and profound industrial knowledge. Benefiting from the location advantages in the Bay Area, the expo will influence markets in southern China and southeast Asia which worthy 1 trillion yuan. It is anticipated that 35,000 trade visitors from over 50 countries and regions and more than 3,000 in-depth reports from 1,000+ global authoritative medias will be received, realizing precise pitching on 30 million targeted clients. This generates full-cycle marketing of “deal reaching on the spot” and “long-term transformation” and the greatest commercial value for our exhibitors.

Gathering global wisdom to lead yacht industry internationalization to a new height. Asia Yacht Expo 2026 will hold 10+ forums at the same time for discussion on development trend, tech innovation and market opportunities as well as the future of the industry by gathering global leaders, representatives, experts and scholars globally with their forward-looking views and understanding. Multiple leading companies showcase their latest yacht fittings and techs which demonstrates the future revolution directions.

Asia Yacht Expo 2026 will adopt omnichannel promotion by cooperating with KOLs in yacht sector and using short videos, live-streaming and picture-writing seeding strategies. We commit to contributing popular promotion for our exhibitors to help them reach targeted groups and broader potential clients. Asia Yacht Expo spares no effort to build long-term brand dissemination momentum via a multi-channel, high-density, in-depth and integrated dissemination system for exhibitors to fully and broadly showcase the image of their brands. Such a move takes forward the development and triggers the growth trends of global yacht industry.

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