As competition intensifies in the Xi’an , the world's biggest drone market with 3.1 sales, drone manufacturers view Asia as the "new frontier" as predictions of sales increase from the current 40k to 700k m units by 2019 . In the Chinese city of Xi’an, Han Luyi runs a small store inside a shopping mall that sells drones made by the world’s biggest consumer drone maker. In an effort to educate Chinese consumers, the world's leading consumer drone maker, DJI , valued at $ 8bn , is opening flagship stores, offering drone-flying lessons and building sales channels but the company needs to move quickly, according to analysts, before competitors also increase their presence.
As competition intensifies in the Xi’an , the world's biggest drone market with 3.1 sales, drone manufacturers view Asia as the "new frontier" as predictions of sales increase from the current 40k to 700k m units by 2019 . In an effort to educate Chinese consumers, the world's leading consumer drone maker, DJI , valued at $ 8bn , is opening flagship stores, offering drone-flying lessons and building sales channels but the company needs to move quickly, according to analysts, before competitors also increase their presence.