Tourism in Anchorage rebounded strongly last year as pandemic impacts continue to fade, a new report says, with high hotel demand helping to sharply boost municipal income from lodging and car rental taxes.
Tourism in Anchorage rebounded strongly last year as pandemic impacts continue to fade, with strong hotel demand helping to sharply boost municipal income from lodging and car rental taxes, according to aBookings for the summer are also signaling that this year could be even better, according to tour operators and Visit Anchorage, the city’s convention and visitors bureau.
Cruise ships returned to Southcentral Alaska last summer after a two-year hiatus during the pandemic, but they were only about 75% full as concerns about COVID-19 continued to spook travelers. Lori Duvall, owner and chief adventure officer of 907 Tours, dropped off clients from Philadelphia at a vacation rental in Anchorage after a day trip to Matanuska Glacier on Monday.
She’s also waiting on a new Ford van — it’s been on order for more than a year, a victim of pandemic-related supply-chain snafus, she said.Her business is growing in part because visitors are sharing photos on social media of winter highlights like ice caverns and downhill skiing, she said.
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