Haines Borough Tourism Director Tanya Carlson last week said the new “Backroads Alaska” campaign aims to bring additional cruise ships to the Chilkat Valley by 2013.
“The whole idea came up about two years ago from Bart Henderson here in the community, Chilkat Guides, and John Dunlap out of Sitka, with Allen Marine Tours,” Carlson said. “They were trying to come up with a way to get more cruise traffic to our smaller communities or…