Alaska Number Of Cruise Ship Tourists

By Alison Fox.

Alaska number of cruise ship tourists. Alaska reported on the Status of Interior Alaska Tourism Industry Due to COVID -19 Interior Alaska Report. 25 a sure sign that Alaskas cruise ship industry is a vibrant and growing sector of Alaskas economy as is. Haugland also revealed cruise ship passenger arrivals are expected to rise by seven percent in 2018 and 17 percent in 2019.

The association anticipates that tourism will be even brighter in 2019 than it was in 2018which was a record year for the industry. There are thousands of businesses that depend on the passengers coming to Alaska to take their tours dine in their restaurants and stay in their guest rooms. This article is more than 1 year old.

During the summer of 2020 144 million visitors are projected to spend nearly 800 million during their Southeast Alaska holidays. Ketchikan welcomed its 1 millionth cruise ship visitor Sept. Democracy Dies in Darkness.

8 That report estimates that over 160000 cruise. This is 100000 more passengers than the past two years. For more information on Alaska United States.

In 2020 ten new ships and 29 additional port calls are expected to be added while seven ships will be phased out of the region. Nearly a dozen passengers have tested positive for COVID-19 in the first week of large cruise ships return to Alaska. Some 14 million cruise tourists were projected to visit the region this summer.

Lisa Murkowski R-Alaska said Wednesday she will introduce legislation to protect the Alaska tourism industry centering on cruises. Alaska was expecting a record 14 million cruise visitors. More than half of all visitors coming to Alaska arrive by cruise ship.