Big news for our region’s cruise industry: President Biden signed the Alaska Tourism Restoration Act on Monday, which lifts a requirement that foreign registered ships traveling between the mainland United States and Alaska must stop in a foreign port.
Typically, cruise ships traveling from Seattle to Alaska had made their foreign stops in Canada. But during the COVID-19 pandemic, Canada has closed its borders to all non-essential travel.
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“When Canada closed the ports, … it essentially wiped out our cruise season,” said travel expert Steve Danishek, who points out that the
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