Juneau residents and businesses can now submit proposals for how the city should spend marine passenger fees for next year. The proposal period runs through Jan. 2.
Tourism
City to negotiate land swap to extend Juneau’s waterfront seawalk farther south
The city has developed the seawalk in sections over the years, and this new section will extend a quarter mile south towards Thane.
Seward, an Alaska tourism hotspot, gets grant for shore-based system to power docked cruise ships
The EPA Clean Ports grant will help Seward meet its environmental goals, the city’s mayor said in a statement.
First all-female crew operates White Pass train
The White Pass & Yukon Route Railway has operated out of Skagway for over 124 years. But it’s still making history.
Departure of final cruise ship in Juneau marks end to a tumultuous tourism season
It’s one of the latest departure dates of a ship in Juneau, and it marks an end to a tourism season dominated by a contentious ballot proposition and a surprise port announcement.
Tourists cost the City of Ketchikan $8 million last year
That $8 million breaks down to about $5.43 per tourist.