A drop in highway traffic and unusually cool weather dampened the early visitor season in Haines, but numbers recovered a bit later, according to Haines Borough officials and operators of tourism-related businesses.
It was a “scary, slow start” for her family’s catamaran tour, with business in May and June down compared to those months in previous years, said owner Alison Jacobson. Mud slides, road closures and cold took a toll. “May and June were tough.…