Mr. John Binkley’s, president of Alaska Cruise Lines Inc., presentation at the chamber luncheon said although the cruise ship industry will not increase in number of ships visiting Haines we can expect an 8.7 percent increase in visitors” (ships are getting larger). Our borough spending $20,000 on another study will not increase the number of ship visits. Why? Other communities and nations are also clamoring for ship visits and spending huge bucks in their promotion,…
