Chinese buyers are being targeted by the world’s yachtbuilders, whose vessels can cost as much as US$100 million, taxes not included.
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Chinese consumers look at luxury yachts at a boat show at the port in the northeastern Chinese city of Dalian. Despite its long coastline and 1.35 billion-strong population - including thousands of multi-millionaires - China has only an estimated 3,000 pleasure boats, and yachting remains a niche pastime. Johannes Eisele / AFP -
Marco Valle, sales director for Azimut, one of the world's major yachtbuilders, at a boat show at the port in the northeastern Chinese city of Dalian. Johannes Eisele / AFP -
A Chinese woman stands on a luxury yacht at a boat show at the port in the northeastern Chinese city of Dalian. Johannes Eisele / AFP -
Li Wang, centre, poses in front of luxury yachts with his family at a boat show at the port in the northeastern Chinese city of Dalian. With a fortune made in Chinese finance, Li Wang already has six cars including a Bentley and a Porsche, and his eye on his next multi-millionaires' toy: a boat. Li epitomises the Chinese buyers being targeted by the world's yachtbuilders. Johannes Eisele / AFP -
A Chinese girl stands on a luxury yacht at a boat show at the port in the northeastern Chinese city of Dalian. Johannes Eisele / AFP -
A Chinese woman stands on a luxury yacht at a boat show at the port in the northeastern Chinese city of Dalian. Johannes Eisele
In pictures: Luxury yachtbuilders set course for Chinese buyers
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