Juneau's Cruise Season Kickoff: Balancing Tourism & Local Concerns
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Juneaus first cruise season begins with a daily passenger cap, following agreements between the city and cruise lines. Despite local concerns about tourisms impact, a survey reveals a slight decrease in positive views, while negative feelings have grown less than the three-hundred-fifty-percent increase in passenger numbers since nineteen ninety-five. Residents face challenges such as packed streets, crowded sidewalks, and Mendenhall Glacier backups, advocating for a five-ship daily limit and a passenger cap. Looking ahead, Goldbelt Incorporated plans a five-hundred-million-dollar port on Douglas Islands back side, and Huna Totem Corporation is set to build a new downtown dock. The season kicks off on April twenty-seventh.
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