At the halfway point of the fair, boot Düsseldorf 2020 is fully on course. CEO Werner Matthias Dornscheidt: "We are riding on a real wave of success. The atmosphere in the 17 boot halls is excellent.” Boats, sailing and super yachts will delight visitors in Halls 1 to 6 and 15 to 17, while hands-on activities such as surfing, SUP (both in Hall 8a), diving (Halls 11 and 12), paddling (Hall 14) and sailing (Hall 15) will be major attractions for the young and young-at-heart. By the middle of the week, halfway through the boot, 125,000 water sports enthusiasts had already streamed into the Düsseldorf exhibition halls. There, in the middle of winter, the best summer holiday mood prevails. Water sports destinations from all over the world invite you to dream and also to make concrete holiday bookings at the Travel World in Hall 13.

"Since 2017 boot has been setting a clear sign for marine protection with the platform 'love your ocean' and the 'ocean tribute' Award. Now at boot 2020 more than 50 manufacturers are showing electric boats and alternative drives. Sustainability is also making its way in boat building", explains boot Director Petros Michelidakis.

About boot Düsseldorf:
boot Düsseldorf is the biggest boat and water sports trade fair in the world and is the place where all of the industry meets in January every year. About 1,900 exhibitors from 71 different countries are presenting their interesting innovations, attractive new developments and maritime equipment from 18. to 26. January 2020. More than 2,100 journalists from almost 50 countries around the world will be there to report about boot. This means that the whole of the market will be coming to Düsseldorf to provide an exciting insight into the entire water sports world for the nine-day exhibition covering 230,000 square metres in 17 different halls. There is something for every water sports enthusiast, with the main focus on boats and yachts, motors and engine technology, equipment and accessories, services, canoes, kayaks, kitesurfing, rowing, diving, surfing, wakeboarding, windsurfing, SUP, fishing, maritime art, marinas, water sports facilities, beach resorts and chartering.