Holland America has downsized its fleet, reducing the number of ships that once brought 1,500 visitors to Anchorage at at time. Still, observers say economic impact will be limited.
Small shops and restaurants in Anchorage will see some effects of the reduced ship calls in Anchorage, said Josh Howes, president of Premier Alaska Tours, which provides transportation for Holland America cruise guests.
But the ships stopped in Anchorage only for a day, limiting the economic impact of the guests, he said. “I’d say probably the biggest impact for the ships not coming to downtown Anchorage will be on vendors because people would take shuttles to downtown and go to restaurants and gift shops and get back on shuttles and go away,” said Howes, a board member with the Alaska Travel Industry Association.
The ships also stopped at other towns along the Alaska coast, so the reduced schedule will also be felt a bit in other communities such as Homer, Howes said. But the flood of visitors expected in Southcentral Alaska should make up for the losses, he said. “Anytime we can have diversification of revenue is a good thing, so when they come back, it will be great to have them come back,” Howes said.Jim Jager, a spokesman with the Port of Alaska, said that while most of the ships visiting the port were Holland America vessels making repeat trips, a few other ships also made one-off stops to Anchorage, such as the
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