More than half of the one thousand superyachts produced in the world in a year are made in Italian shipyards. The marine shipbuilding segment reaches a value of 4.5 billion euros in 2022: 70% generated by boats longer than 24 meters. A production of pleasure boats that grows by 3.5 times between 2012 and 2022. Important effects for an industry that altogether has an impact - between shipbuilding, maintenance and tourism effects - of 27.7 billion euros: 2.7 times the direct economic impact and 6 times the employment impact, reaching 157 thousand workers. The data emerges from an Altagamma-Deloitte study. The analysis takes into consideration both the activities upstream of vessel delivery - from the construction of new units to extraordinary maintenance via refits - as well as in-water use and the benefits generated by a presence on Italian shores. Italy is a world leader in the manufacture of vessels over 24 meters. "New build" shipbuilding accounts for 50% of the global superyacht order book. "Recreational boating is a strategic sector for Italy both for its economic contribution and for the positive spillover on other supply chains of Made in Italy and tourism," says Tommaso Nastasi, senior partner at Deloitte Italy and author of the research.
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