Alaska’s 1st large cruise ship of the season arrives as industry hopes for revival

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Alaska’s first large cruise ship of the season arrived in Juneau today, with industry and tourism officials expecting a more robust travel year after two pandemic-stunted seasons.

In 2019, there were 1.3 million cruise ship passengers in Alaska, she said. No large ships sailed to Alaska in 2020 because of the pandemic. Last year, there were about 116,000 passengers on large ships that carry more than 250 people, she said by email.

Alexandra Pierce, tourism manager with the City and Borough of Juneau, said the city has been having a “larger and needed conversation” around management and capacity issues and “what we look like as a tourism community into the future.” “That said, I’m really kind of relieved for so many of the small businesses that rely on tourism,” she said, adding later: “I think it will be nice to see people downtown again. It’s been very weirdly quiet the last couple years working down there.”

Pierce said the ships aren’t expected to be full, particularly early in the season. She said officials in Juneau have estimated they will get about 1 million visitors from cruise ships this year. The cruise ship Norwegian Bliss is shown docked in Juneau on Monday. It is the first large cruise ship of the season to arrive in Alaska. Passengers stream off the Norwegian Bliss after the vessel arrived in Juneau. Sponsored

 

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hmm? I live in Fairbanks can that cruise thing come here to?

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