Tourism Industry

Chugach Adventure Guides merging with Lower 48 company

Chugach Adventure Guides of Girdwood said it is merging with a leading Lower 48 heli-ski operator, Sun Valley Heli-Ski Guides of Sun Valley, Idaho, and they are launching an international adventure travel company called Epic, which will be based in Jackson, Wyo.

Charter fishermen in Southeast face worrisome season

Charter fishermen in Juneau are putting their boats in the water for the summer season but they say there's a lot to worry about this year.

Juneau gets first parade of tourists

The first cruise ship of the season has arrived in Juneau.

Developer appeals Denali hotel rejection

An Anchorage developer wants the Matanuska-Susitna Borough to reconsider his request to build a hotel in Denali State Park near the Parks Highway.

Expensive air travel

The U.S. Department of Transportation surveyed average airfares at 100 airports in the fourth quarter. The average fare in Anchorage was the highest.

Will Alaskans play with wallets pinched?

Skyrocketing fuel prices and the falling dollar could change the busy summer recreation season in Alaska, but not necessarily the way one might think.

Group to focus on Denali overflights

A new advisory group is looking into the air traffic over Denali National Park.

Mat-Su panel turns down Denali Park hotel proposal

WASILLA -- The Matanuska-Susitna Borough Planning Commission has rejected an Anchorage developer's request to build a hotel in Denali State Park.

Tourists flown out after extra week on glacier

Their food almost gone but their mood upbeat, 10 young Japanese tourists stranded for a week on Ruth Glacier returned to Talkeetna on Sunday.

Alaska ferry returns to Prince Rupert dock

The state ferry Matanuska has successfully moored at the BC Ferries docking facility in Prince Rupert, British Columbia.

Cruise lines call discharge rules unrealistic

Starting this year, large cruise ships transiting Alaska waters will be the first in the country required to obtain a permit to discharge their waste in state waters.

Denali hotel plans put on hold

Plans for a hotel in Denali State Park are on hold after the Matanuska-Susitna Borough Planning Commission raised questions about the builder's finances and about its potential impact on the park.

Rule may shorten cruise ship stops in Alaska

Four months before Alaska's cruise ship season begins, cruise lines and coastal communities are awaiting a decision from U.S. Customs and Border Protection that could curtail the time ships spend in ports.

Denali lodge permit application under public review

An Anchorage man with a troubled financial past wants to build a hotel in Denali State Park. Dale Van Doren has submitted a proposal to the Matanuska-Susitna Borough to build a 60-room lodge on six privately held acres within the park at Mile 135 Parks Highway, about 40 miles north of the Talkeetna Spur Road.

Ocean rangers cost more than expected

A program that places marine watchdogs on cruise ships is facing higher-than-expected costs.

US senators want delay of border ID requirements

MONTPELIER, Vt. -- Alaska's two senators were among 19 who asked the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Monday to delay implementation of stiff new identification requirements for people entering the United States by land from Canada.

Aurora pulls visitors farther north

The bitterly cold winter is becoming a boom time for a few tiny communities in the remote Arctic. Their moneymaker shimmers in the sky: It's the aurora borealis.

Winter tourists to the Arctic don't fret over the expense

Aurora forecast

Winter tourists to the Arctic don't fret over the expense

Not many are bold or wealthy enough to go to the Arctic for pleasure in the winter.

Aurora forecast

Cruise-ship law change worries Juneau

The city of Juneau has weighed in on a proposed change in the interpretation of federal law that could cost the Juneau economy an estimated $68 million and drop sales tax revenue by $3.4 million annually.

Tourists in '06 made Ketchikan $162 million richer

KETCHIKAN -- Visitors to Ketchikan spent $162 million last year, according to a study that looked at how much the visitor industry spent in the Southeast Alaska town during the summer of 2006.

Tourists in '06 made Ketchikan $162 million richer

KETCHIKAN -- Visitors to Ketchikan spent $162 million last year, according to a study that looked at how much the visitor industry spent in the Southeast Alaska town during the summer of 2006. Most of that spending came from cruise ships.