Starting in 2026, Alaska plans to cap the number of cruise passengers that can visit Juneau’s main port.
The region’s capitals reached a “conceptual agreement” with cruise lines on daily cruise limits at Juneau City and Borough Council meetings last week.
However, specific numbers have not yet been announced.
alaska public media Alix Pierce, Juneau’s tourism manager, told the council, according to the report. In the right direction. ”
The new plan is understood to ensure that the number of passengers disembarking at the cruise port, one of Alaska’s busiest, will be the lowest on Saturday.
“They (cruise lines) knew this conversation was coming, they knew this was the purpose of the meeting, so we prepared them to discuss the daily restrictions and the issues and challenges around that. “I was asking for it to be ready,” Alix added.
Juneau has already imposed a limit of up to five ships per day this season, starting today with the arrival of Norwegian Cruise Line cruise ships. Norwegian bliss.
1.6 million cruise ship passengers visited Juneau last year, and that number is expected to remain similar in 2024, despite new restrictions on cruise ship arrivals.
Other major cruise lines scheduled to call Juneau in the coming months include Carnival, Holland America Line, Princess, Royal Caribbean, Celebrity, Regent Seven Seas, Silversea and Viking. ..
