Skagway officials are preparing for nearly 100,000 cruise ship passengers to visit this summer, and are taking steps to make sure the same sort of outbreak doesn’t happen on their side of the border.
Tourism
Juneau Assembly turns down $2 million donation from Norwegian Cruise Line
Assembly members asked City Manager Rorie Watt to go back to Norwegian, suggesting the company donate directly to an organization like the Juneau Community Foundation, instead of the city itself.
Haines and Skagway welcome first cruise ship since 2019
The 80 passengers aboard the relatively small American Constellation spent Friday in Skagway, then Saturday touring Haines.
‘There are no bubbles in this’: Ketchikan signs agreement with Carnival for cruise visit protocols
The memorandum addresses conditions laid out by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention allowing cruise ship operations to resume.
Nearly 100,000 cruise passengers expected to visit Skagway this summer
Based on the mayor’s math, the number of passengers that will visit Skagway this summer will be less than a tenth of the visitors that come in a typical season.
Canada might loosen border in early July; no word yet on ending recreational travel ban
It seems likely that the ban on letting Americans cross the Canadian border for nonessential travel will continue past June 21, when the current rules expire.