Angoon sees a steady stream of tourists in the summer, but the community has no visitor center.
Tourism
Sen. Dan Sullivan: Time is short to salvage Alaska’s cruise ship season
Sen. Dan Sullivan has introduced legislation that would revoke the conditional sailing order imposed on the cruise industry by the CDC.
Alaska travel industry figures raise concerns about CDC’s new rules for cruise lines
Travel Juneau’s Liz Perry says that if any large ships come to Alaska in 2021, it’ll be very late in the season.
‘It’s going to hurt’: Hopes of a lucrative summer tourism season in Unalaska are fading
This summer is shaping up to be another quiet tourism season in Unalaska.
Signature gathering can begin on proposed cruise ship limits in Juneau
About 3,000 Juneau residents who are registered to vote will have to sign official petition booklets by June 2 for the questions to get on October ballots.
Cruise company offers $10 million in ‘humanitarian relief’ to Alaska’s port towns
Juneau’s city manager said there are no strings attached, but the Juneau Assembly will have to accept the money.
Skagway tour company is going green with its own microhydropower project
Owner Robert Murphy hopes to have most of the work on the hydro system done by this fall with a rollout of hydropower for his buildings targeted for next spring.
Opponents present case against ballot questions that would limit Juneau cruise ship traffic
Three days after paperwork was filed to start a campaign for ballot questions limiting cruise ship traffic, another group of locals organized to oppose them.
There have been two attempts in Congress to save Alaska’s cruise season in the last week. They’ve both failed.
The U.S. Senate on Thursday blocked consideration of a waiver that would have allowed foreign-flagged cruise ships to visit Alaska ports this summer.
Closed through the pandemic, Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center will partially reopen this summer
The Forest Service is reopening some of its facilities at the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center in Juneau for the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.