Mumbai Opens It’s Gates: Luxury Yachts Make Their Entry As The Ultimate Lifestyle Asset !

Sailboats, Ferries and Ships have always been on the horizon, coupled with a few speedboats. With the Mumbai International Boat Show 2008 around the corner, Team Giira catches up with the new entrants. The excitement is building up and the enthusiasm is spilling over as Luxury makes it’s presence felt! The Gateway of India is the most famous monument of Mumbai and is the starting point to explore the city. Located on the waterfront in South Mumbai, it was built as a triumphal arch to commemorate the visit of King George V and Queen Mary to Bombay, prior to the Darbar in Delhi in December 1911. Even today, the Gateway is traditionally the first thing that visitors notice in Bombay. The Gateway steps also lead down to the waterfront, where boats of all shapes and sizes used for various purposes is a common sight.

India is on the leisure yacht map today. The day is not far, when people will travel on their personal boats and yacht to breathe fresh air in the middle of the sea. With this idea Mumbai is the first step where international boats and yacht manufactures have put down their anchor to explore the opportunity in the leisure segment in India.

India is one of the countries with the largest coastlines and if they explore this route it will help the economy to grow faster and can also ease congestion on roads. What India needs is a strong infrastructure. India accounts for only 25,000 to 30,000 boats, yacht (less than one per cent), while America accounts for 70 per cent, Europe 26 per cent and Gulf 1.5 per cent.

The Mumbai International Boat Show will bring in some of the best brands in the market. Be it pleasure boats or Luxury yachts, India is turning a new chapter next weekend. However one must love the sea in order to truly appreciate and explore the various possibilities that are floating about just off India’s magnificent coastline.