While most of the travel industry struggled to get back on its feet, the yachting industry had a different problem during the pandemic: serving everyone wanting to charter a boat.
Like the rise in private jet travel during the pandemic, charter demand remains "extremely strong," said Crom Littlejohn, chief commercial officer of the yacht brokerage company Northrop & Johnson. He said he expects interest to remain this way "for the foreseeable future."
But it isn't the same people who have always traveled via sea, he said.
"A big percentage of our business is first-time charters," said Littlejohn. "They've had the ski vacations … they want to try something different."
Destinations with an increase in summer yacht bookings
- South of France
- Croatia
- Caribbean
- Galapagos Islands
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