Boat tourism trade buoyed by sales.

The News (Portsmouth, England) | January 22, 2008 | Copyright

This year's London Boat Show has finished with bosses looking forward to another healthy year for the leisure marine industry.

Industry-wide figures show there had been robust growth in the UK leisure and small commercial marine industry for 2006/7, and with many of the largest leisure marine companies based near the Solent, this will have meant good news for the area.

And going by visitor figures to the show, several of our companies are looking at a good year for 2008, despite the fears of a worldwide slowdown.

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