About 30,000 cruise ship passengers are expected to arrive in Haines this summer on 25 dockings, tourism director Tanya Carlson said last week.
Her estimate of 30,611 passengers, based on double occupancy, would be a 12 percent increase from the 27,263 passengers who visited Haines in 2011, when there were 23 dockings and two cancellations.
“We definitely need more people, but I think it’s great that we have an increase this year. Every little bit…
