A chat with a guide in Talkeetna shifted my view on cruise ships

I was having a beer with a guy named Carl who runs glacier hikes, and he pointed out that the big cruise lines bring over 1.2 million visitors a year to our state. I always thought they were just a blight, crowding the ports. But he argued that without that volume, a lot of the smaller air taxis and tour operators he works with in the Interior would struggle to stay open. It made me reconsider the whole economic chain. Has anyone else had a local business change their mind about the tourism trade?

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sarah19829d ago

Had a regular at my bar who runs a fishing charter, and he says the same thing about the weekend crowds.

brown.simon28d ago

Maybe those weekend crowds are just people who work regular jobs all week.