Tourism and sustainability at the center of the 3rd day of the Genoa Boat Show

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The third day of the 61st Genoa Boat Show was opened by the VIII National Conference on Nautical Tourism, with a focus on market trends and crucial issues as well as the uneven application of VAT in Europe, opened by the President of Federturismo Confindustria Marina Lalli and moderated by the Head of Institutional Relations of Confindustria Nautica, Roberto Neglia. Although the nautical industry is experiencing a moment of great growth and, overall, the sector is one of those that best resisted the pandemic crisis, continuing to represent a pillar of Made in Italy and the Italian economy, the tourism segment continues to suffer, both for the loss of a part of foreign customers due to the anticovid measures, and for some regulatory shortcomings.

An overall policy for coastal tourism is necessary, as are measures that extend to all those components of the tourism chain that have not yet benefited from government aid instruments. “The sea is a fundamental economic resource for Italy, an environmental asset to be preserved through effective mechanisms for the protection and protection of the most sensitive marine and coastal areas,” declared President Lalli. Hence the need to identify professional figures. more and more able to make the most of boating and more generally the maritime world and the request to the Government to tackle the relaunch of the sea and nautical tourism sector, one of the first sectors to drive the restart of the country “.

“After a decade of weak national market, underlined the President of Assomarinas Roberto Perocchio, the tourist ports are recovering turnover thanks to local tourism, even if they have not yet reached the pre-2008 levels and not even those of 2018. the operators are now expecting from the Government for the restart and the definitive possibility of the settlement and excerpt on the dispute relating to previous rents, the protection of the national regulations of the extension of concessions to 2033 and the possibility of carrying out redevelopment and dredging with the PNRR “.

Hon. Marco Buratti recalled the parliamentary work carried out through the acceptance in the August Decree of the rule that closed the dispute on the retroactive increase in the state-owned rents of the marinas, in place since 2007. The deferred payment of any differences accrued by the calculations remains to be resolved. , even more so after a disastrous season like that of 2020 which failed to recover the good performance of 2021. Senator Massimo Mallegni recalled how the Mayors were left alone in this battle and, with respect to the issue of the extension of concessions to 2030 , has promised a further binding commitment of the Parliament if necessary. As highlighted by prof. Zunarelli, the same community regulations recognize ports, including tourist ports, as diffusers of the perimeter of the Services Directives known as Bolkestein.

For this reason, operators are asking for a return to other forms of public evidence and transparency procedures such as those that have always regulated the sector. The program of the Forum conferences continued with “The nautical business networks”, the updating of the mapping of the sector’s networks by RetImpresa. “There is a need to create a system – declared Alessandro Gianneschi, Vice President and President of the Accessories sector of Confindustria Nautica. Considering that 25% of the world’s boats go to the USA, it is important to group ourselves to create purchasing networks, for example in the area of ​​accessories and participation in fairs ”. Carlo La Rotonda, Retimpresa director added: “We have been coming to the Boat Show for 3 years to present the data concerning the business networks of the nautical supply chain. This year’s data highlights a further increase in networks and collaborations between nautical companies. In 2020, collaboration contracts between companies in the sector are + 13% more than in 2019. The average duration of network contracts is 3 years and 190 days. There are 687 nautical companies on the net that participate in 572 contracts on the network with over 33 thousand employees. Almost 2 billion the added value and over 7 billion the value of production. The data testify to the multi-sectorial nature of the sector and of the connections with the other supply chains of the country “.

Riccardo Rotundo, ReteImpresa – Startup, Innovation and New Technologies area, illustrated the Red platform (Networks and Data) which allows you to consult the main data on network contracts, viewing them interactively: “we digitized, with the collaboration of Unioncamere, all business networks in a logic of open innovation. The platform data is updated monthly. The RetImpresa platform is instead dedicated to start-ups that can upload their ideas. At the moment there are over 100. It is a marketplace where start-ups can put their ideas at the center by building collaborations together with the possibility of also obtaining a blockchain certification “. Environmental sustainability and biodiversity protection were the main topics of the workshops that completed the program of events at the 61st Boat Show.

“RINAutic Live: Nautica, green goal”, by Rina Services, on the promotion of environmental sustainability in the nautical field, A traveling event, aimed at raising awareness of public opinion and professionals towards the “green goal” , or the decarbonisation of marine engines thanks to a series of valid alternatives such as internal combustion with alternative fuels (hydrogen, methanol), electric and hybrid propulsion. A future yet to be written, of exceptional strategic importance, which concerns all sectors of boating, and beyond.

On stage, alongside the representatives of Rina, also Stefano Pagani, head of the Studies Office of Confindustria Nautica. The program was closed by the workshop “Clean hulls – essential for sustainable boating and marine biodiversity” organized by Icomia, International Council of Marine Industry Associations, represented by Albert Willemsen. The event, which was also attended by Stefano Pagani Isnardi, head of the Confindustria Nautica Studies Office, Jasmine Ferrario, Imo GloFouling project, Simone Garofoli, Boero Group, Roberto Perocchio, President Assomarinas, Fabio Terzaghi, Keelcrab, highlighted the growing need to preserve marine biodiversity by controlling the risk caused by invasive species that can move around with ships and pleasure boats.

Official visit to the Boat Show for the Minister for Regional Affairs and Autonomies, Mariastella Gelmini who said: “I am very happy to be here at the 61st Boat Show, a significant event because it is a symbol of know-how, excellence and restart . I am pleased to note the great commitment and attention of the nautical companies to sustainability, an extremely topical issue and at the center of the national plan to relaunch the country “.

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