Pleasure boat traffic up 4% in Italy

(ANSA) - Genoa, October 2 - Pleasure boat traffic in Italian tourist destination ports rose 4% in summer this year over the same period in 2014, a study by Italian tourist port association Assomarinas showed Friday.
    "We can confirm that after five years of crisis in the tourist port sector - which was hit with a slight delay compared to the boat building and nautical production sector generally - the market has revived," Assomarinas President Roberto Perocchio told a round table at the Genoa International Boat Show, which running through October 5.
    "We have seen an encouraging number of vessels coming out of storage," he said. "Consumers' love of boating holidays has returned".
    A 10% VAT tax for docking in a marina was much appreciated by both Italian and foreign boaters, he added.