Alaska Cruise Ship Growth 2017 To 2018

Alaska Department of Commerce.

Alaska cruise ship growth 2017 to 2018. And 22 million in spending by cruise ship crew members. Alaska Visitors Statistics Program AVSP VII. Visitors than a decade earlier.

In February 2018 Petersburg AK passed a new cruise passenger fee for ships visiting the borough. The manager of Alaskas cruise ship emissions monitoring program told the Juneau Empire that. Alaskas small ship market which in cludes ships with capacities of less than 250 passengers maintained traffic levels between 2016 and 2017 at about 14000 passengers.

The 2019 increase was greater 4 than the previous two years growth 1 to 2 each year. Cross-gulf volume is projected. Opacity is an indicator for overall air quality.

Research by Wells Fargo Securities predicts about 6 percent growth from this summers number which is a little more than a million passengers. A large portion of the bump can be attributed to an increase in air volume which went up by 6 percent. More tourists will come to Alaska next summer on cruise ships.

The most comprehensive research about Alaskas visitors is now available. The survey conducted in summer 2016 shows a 4 growth in visitation resulting in 197 billion in visitor spending. Worldwide the ocean cruise industry had an annual passenger compound annual growth rate of 66 from 1990 - 2019.

As the number of cruise ship passengers increases so too does their impact. The air market increased by one percent 9600 visitors while the highwayferry market increased by 13 percent 11100 visitors. In 2020 ten new ships and 29 additional port calls are expected to be added while seven ships.