The Haines Borough’s Tourism Advisory Board is asking for nearly $30,000 to conduct two tourism impact studies – one for the summer season, one for the winter – but the assembly is balking at the price tag and ambiguity of the proposal.
The proposal, prepared by the McDowell Group, would consist of a 2013 summer study (May to September) and 2013-2014 winter study (October to April) of the direct and indirect economic impacts of tourism…