test-Kodiak braces for fewer tourists
KODIAK, Alaska -- Kodiak is bracing for a downturn in tourists this year.
The Kodiak Daily Mirror reports (http://bit.ly/wevb8r) tourism officials are expecting one less cruise ship to visit Kodiak in 2012, or about 1,200 fewer visitors. Fifteen cruise ships made Kodiak a port-of-call last year.
The 14 cruise ships this year will be the city's fewest since eight made stops in 2008. Kodiak's decrease comes as the state cruise industry expects about 947,000 cruise ships visitors statewide this year, the most since 2008 or 2009.
Kodiak officials are trying to buffer the lower cruise ship passengers by ramping up the tourism website www.kodiak.org to entice more people.
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Information from: Kodiak Daily Mirror, http://www.kodiakdailymirror.com
