Juneau is the state's busiest cruise hub. Alaska State Sen. Jesse Kiehl told BI that the city only saw 170,000 non-cruise visitors in 2024.

The Cruise Line International Association, or CLIA, one of the industry’s largest trade groups, filed a lawsuit against the borough in Alaska state court over the issue earlier this month.

As Alaska's busiest cruise hub, Juneau can get slammed with upward of 17,000 cruise tourists on any given summer day. With it has come local economic success — and a growing disdain for the ...

With funding secured thanks to the Alaska House’s approval of House Bill 65 on Feb. 17, Seward, Alaska will soon be home to the Alaska cruise industry’s largest turn port facility.

Consumer interest in cruises remained consistently strong in 2023 and 2024 and is expected to continue in 2025 and investors seeking strong growth characteristics, affordability, attractive ...

Passenger volume this year is projected to grow 4.5% from 2024, when 18.2 million Americans went on ocean cruises, according to the industry group. The increase is slower than the 7.7% rise last ...

Carnival Cruise Line today announced that the Carnival Spirit and Carnival Legend will homeport in Seattle, and the Carnival Luminosa will sail from San Francisco, for its 2027 schedule for the Alaska ...

Alaska had a record cruise ship year in 2024, with the number of visitors now estimated at about 1.8 million, according to industry data used for the forecast. Near-record cruise visits are ...

The new port will be located on Douglas Island and will have two floating berths for cruise ships to dock. Travelers will be able to disembark and encounter a reconstructed Alaska Native Tlingit ...

The news comes after a Norwegian Cruise Line ship, Norwegian Sun, actually hit a small iceberg while transiting to Alaska’s Hubbard Glacier in 2022.