The group is tasked with looking at whether the city’s current approach to managing tourism is working and recommending big-picture changes to the Juneau Assembly.
Tourism
New survey shows majority of Juneau residents still think city isn’t doing enough to manage tourism
Overall, about 30% said they think the positive impacts of tourism outweigh the negatives, compared to 10% who said the opposite. But 53% of respondents said the city isn’t doing enough to manage the industry’s impacts.
State lawmakers introduce bills to fight water pollution from cruise ships
The bills, from Sen. Jesse Kiehl and Rep. Sara Hannan, would push cruise lines to use cleaner fuel.
Juneau planning commission approves permit for $60M theater project in downtown tourism corridor
The project would sit on a 1-acre empty lot next to the downtown library and parking garage and includes three large interactive theaters/rides, a retail store and some office space.
Is this empty gravel lot about to become downtown Juneau’s newest tourist attraction?
The development would include three large interactive theaters/rides, a retail store and some office space.
‘Can you survive another crisis?’ New documentary chronicles pandemic in Skagway
The film, by a former resident, looks at what happened when the town’s economy essentially shut down for nearly two years.