2027 cruise visitor increase highlighted at commission meeting

2027 cruise visitor increase highlighted at commission meeting

Sitka’s cruise traffic is going up again next year, and that’s led some community members to question whether the city’s agreement with the cruise dock company should be revisited. When the Sitka Tourism Commission met on Thursday (9-10-26),  a handful of Sitkans sounded the alarm about the record-breaking schedule on the horizon, and the dock’s owner pushed back, saying that the growth is manageable. But a question remained- how do most Sitkans…