Foot traffic coming across the Haines dock from cruise ships and the Haines-Skagway Fast Ferry next season is predicted to increase by 17.5 to 19 percent, according to the tentative 2019 cruise ship schedule from the Haines Borough Tourism Department and Haines-Skagway Fast Ferry’s projections.
The total number of cruise and ferry tourists who headed to Haines this year was 128,768 including crew members. A 17.5 percent increase reflects a rise of about 22,500 people.