Tagged: Alaska

Wrangell has lost three cruise ship stopovers this summer to Klawock, where a partnership of three Native corporations is developing a tourist destination with facilities, shore excursions and other activities for passengers. (more…)

Over 1000 Sitkans responded to a cruise tourism survey recently circulated by the city’s tourism task force. (more…)

A Sitka meeting was standing-room-only on Tuesday night, as the city’s tourism task force held its third town hall to ask Sitkans for feedback on how to “right size” tourism in the community. (more…)

Sitka has seen huge growth in cruise tourism, to nearly 600,000 passengers in 2023 – about a three-fold increase over what would have been considered a big summer before the pandemic. (more…)

For the second time, the City of Sitka has denied a citizen’s petition to put cruise limitations out to voters in a special election this winter. (more…)

A record 1.64 million cruise ship passengers visited Juneau this year, according to city officials. (more…)

After his first ballot initiative to limit cruise traffic was denied by the city, Sitkan Larry Edwards is trying again to put the question out to voters in a special election. (more…)

The City of Sitka has denied a citizen’s petition to put cruise limitations to voters in a special election this winter. (more…)

Holland America Line, Princess Cruises and Cunard Line — among the biggest names in Alaska summer cruises — have added Wrangell to some of their longer itineraries. (more…)

As a record-breaking cruise season in Sitka comes to a close with the promise of another equally busy summer on the horizon in 2024, some are wondering how Sitka can sustain its tourist boom. (more…)

Recently, Juneau resident Jennifer Pemberton penned an Anchorage Daily News op-ed in which she described a cruise that she took in August when she was required to pay a fine incurred due to her misunderstanding of a rule governing U.S. maritime travel. (more…)