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Seward lodging business earns industry award
Salted Roots Alaska was one of eight businesses to receive awards from the Alaska Travel Industry Association last…
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Southeast Alaska and the Yukon are neighbors, but fear of being stuck between causes trip cancellations
Racing to find common ground across the border
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Inaugural ‘HarborFest’ draws hundreds to Spit over weekend
The inaugural event was aimed at bringing tourists into the area during the slower, early summer season.
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Tourism working group rejects bed tax, recommends seasonal sales tax adjustment
The document includes a section that says the borough could alternatively leave its tax structure exactly as it…
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Homer tourism season kicks off with arrival of cruise ships
The first cruise ship of the season arrived April 28 with 930 passengers.
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Tourism working group gets 2-month extension
In a 3-3 vote, the working group had earlier this month rejected a draft document with proposed recommendations.
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Tourism Industry Working Group holds 1st meeting
The group organized and began to unpack questions about tourism revenue and identity
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Borough’s tourism industry working group takes shape
The group will explore the effects of a potential bed tax
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Applications open for working group tasked with exploring bed tax
Of the group’s seven voting members, four will be members of the public and three will be representatives…
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Assembly OKs new Tourism Industry Working Group
Another resolution was considered in June that would have added a bed tax question to the October ballot
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Borough to include cities in tourism promotion materials
Borough code doesn’t allow the borough to promote city-specific tourism without entering into a partnership with that city
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Kenai Peninsula tourists trending older, staying longer
Tourism is bouncing back from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic
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Final cruise ship of 2022 leaves Juneau
Capital city says farewell to its last ship of the season
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2022 cruise season begins in Juneau
Visitors and Juneau locals alike were excited for the arrival
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Protesters call for more enforcement of environmental regulations aboard ships
As cruise ships return, some residents remain wary.
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State seeks to give tourism boost with federal funds
The funds, from the federal American Rescue Plan Act, will be included in the governor’s fiscal year 2023…
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Shaping up, shipping in: Southeast tour companies eagerly readying for shortened season
Even if it’s a short season, it’ll set them up for success in 2022, companies say.
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U.S. Senate passes bill that could allow cruise ships to come to Alaska
It now heads to the House.
