An abrupt increase in the volume of cruise ship passengers arriving in Sitka is testing not only its tourism infrastructure, but the community’s vision of itself.
A local family-owned business called Halibut Point Marine Services built a deep-water dock capable of hosting much larger ships than the town had previously seen. The dock was first constructed to accommodate a single “Panamax” sized cruise ship of up to 960 feet, said Chris McGraw, an owner and manager of Halibut Point Marine Services.
Cruise passengers also like what Sitka has to offer. The downtown doesn’t have a heavy-duty tourist-centric feel, McGraw said. McGraw, the dock owner, says he knows there are people in town that would rather not see Sitka host more cruise ships. Jim Steffen has lived in Sitka since 1978, running boat-building and surveying businesses and at one point serving on a long-range planning commission. He’s mostly retired now.
Broadway Street in Skagway is full of visitors, many of the from the cruise ship Coral Princess, on Aug. 23, 2015.
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