The marketing manager for the Sternwheeler Tanana Chief, Doug Kenney, told the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner the season saw decent sales but the company had to work hard to make that happen.
Kenny said he markets heavily to residents to make up for a decrease in independent travelers.
The marketing coordinator for Northern Alaska Tour Co., Matt Atkinson, said company officials thought it was going to be a recovery year, perhaps a 10 to 20 percent increase in business.
He said the increase was less than 10 percent, but that the company saw an appreciable increase in international traffic.
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