Daytona Boat Show Wraps Up Another Year

The 2020 Daytona Boat Show  wrapped up its 18th annual January three-day event at the Daytona International Speedway, which featured 14 boat dealers, and showcased more than 58 different brands. The show, hosted by the Marine Industry Association of Central Florida, featured more than 200 vessels including personal watercrafts, pontoons, jet boats and cruisers.

“The Daytona Boat show provides a great forum for prospective boat buyers to speak with local industry experts and compare a variety of vessels in one place. What would otherwise take weeks of research, can be done in just a few hours,” said Joe Lewis of Mt. Dora Boating Center.

The recreational boating industry has a $4.1 Billion annual economic impact in Central Florida, according to the Marine Industry Association of Central Florida. It creates 15,641 jobs in Central Florida; 10,276 direct jobs and 5,365 indirect jobs and supports 739 businesses.

With 198,594 registered boats in Central Florida and an estimated 2.4 million Central Floridians going boating each year, the Marine Industry Association of Central Florida will continue to invest and promote opportunities that will allow residents to adopt a boating lifestyle locally through education and awareness campaigns and boat shows in the region. The Orlando Boat Show will be held at the Orange County Convention Center, North Hall A, March 27 to 29.