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An Alaska tourist spot will vote whether to ban cruise ships on Saturdays to give locals a break

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Each year, a crush of tourists arrives in Alaska’s capital city on cruise ships to see wonders like the fast-diminishing Mendenhall Glacier. Now, long-simmering tensions over ...
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Dunleavy proposes 2% year-round Alaska sales tax, jumps to 4% in tourist season

Alaskans could soon pay a statewide sales tax for the first time in state history under a bill introduced Monday by Governor Mike Dunleavy.
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Native cultural tourism is ‘Alaska’s sleeping giant,’ panel tells industry leaders at statewide convention

Offering people authentic cultural tourism experiences in Alaska means rethinking a key element of how the state has long been marketed, Emily Edenshaw, president and CEO of the Alaska Native Heritage ...
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An Alaska tourist spot will vote whether to ban cruise ships on Saturdays to give locals a break

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Each year, a crush of ...
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An Alaska tourist spot will vote whether to ban cruise ships on Saturdays to give locals a break

FILE - A cruise ship departs from downtown Juneau, on June 7, 2023, along the Gastineau Channel, in Alaska. Voters in Alaska’s capital city could decide in October whether to ban large cruise ships on ...