HEDC receives $190,000 tourism promotion grant

The Haines Economic Development Corporation (HEDC) recently secured $190,000 through the state’s $10 million COVID-Safe Travel Promotion and Marketing Grant Program.

Grant funds must be used to publicize the resumption of tourism activities and pandemic mitigation measures. Award amounts, announced on June 1, range from $31,000 for Discovery Kodiak to $2 million for the Alaska Travel Industry Association.

HEDC program manager Lee Hart said the organization is working closely with Whitehorse-based advertising agency Aasman Brand…