Super yacht service center settles down in Sanya
The super yacht service center, a jointly developed project between Sanya Visun Royal Yacht Club and Italy’s Toscana Trade Promotion Association is under construction in Sanya, according to a conference held at Hainan Rendez-Vous 2013.
The first project of the super yacht service center, which covers a land area of 3,000 square meters, is expected to be completed in 2013 and will provide service for yachts up to 30 meters. And its second project, which provides service for yachts up to 80 meters, will be completed in 2015.
In recent years, the boating industry in Sanya has been rapidly growing. The annual number of yachts berthing at Sanya Visun Royal Yacht Club has increased from 10 in 2009 to 200 in 2013.
Lei Tengfei, the Consul General of Italy in Guangzhou attended the conference and said China and Italy have established extensive cooperation in many fields, but the center is the first cooperation project in the yacht industry the between two sides and the Italian government will give its full support to encourage its development.