Alaska’s top tourist attraction, the Mendenhall Glacier in Juneau, is reaching its capacity for commercial tours this year sooner than in previous years, due to the growing number of visitors. This ...

Offering people authentic cultural tourism experiences in Alaska means rethinking a key element of how the state has long been marketed, Emily Edenshaw, president and CEO of the Alaska Native Heritage ...

A recent study found that two-thirds of the world’s glaciers could disappear by the end of this century. That may sound pretty far into the future, but in Alaska those frozen landmarks are a strong ...

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Each year, a crush of tourists arrives in Alaska’s capital city on cruise ships to see wonders like the fast-diminishing Mendenhall Glacier. Now, long-simmering tensions over ...

Seven representatives from Tribal nations across Indian Country are joining the executive committee and board of the American Indian Alaska Native Tourism Association. Founded in 1998, AIANTA works to ...

JUNEAU, Alaska — Thousands of tourists spill onto a boardwalk in Alaska’s capital city every day from cruise ships towering over downtown. Vendors hawk shoreside trips and rows of buses stand ready to ...

Alaska expects a banner tourism season this summer, led by a resurgence in cruise arrivals. That was the message at Experience Alaska, a media event in Manhattan sponsored by the Alaska Travel ...

Ron Peck, president of the Alaska Travel Industry Association (ATIA), the state's tourism marketing organization, sent members a letter this week asking them to contact their local legislators in ...

Alaska's capital is usually crammed with tourists who come to see glaciers. After flooding from a melting glacier, attributed to climate change, many wonder if the tourist attraction is threatened.

The Alaska Travel Industry Association hosted its annual convention at the Westmark Hotel Tuesday, where Craig Jennison, ATIA board president, and Jillian Simpson, ATIA CEO, presented statistics on ...