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The Oceania Riveria stands out against a bluebird sky at the Homer Harbor on Wednesday, May 7, 2025. Over 1200 passengers from aboard the boat explored Homer throughout the beautiful day. (Chloe Pleznac/Homer News)
Summer tourism season kicks off with arrival of...
By Chloe Pleznac • May 14, 2025 2:30 am

The first cruise ship of the season arrived with 930 passengers on April 28

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Member Tom Tougas speaks during a meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough Tourism Industry Working Group in Soldotna, Alaska, on Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
Tourism working group gets 2-month extension
By Jacob Dye • April 28, 2025 10:30 am

In a 3-3 vote, the working group had earlier this month rejected a draft document with proposed recommendations.

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Member Tom Tougas speaks during a meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough Tourism Industry Working Group in Soldotna, Alaska, on Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
Tourism Industry Working Group holds 1st meeting
By Jacob Dye • December 26, 2024 1:30 am

The group organized and began to unpack questions about tourism revenue and identity

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Duane Bannock speaks to the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly in Soldotna, Alaska, on Tuesday, June 18, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
Borough’s tourism industry working group takes shape
By Jacob Dye • November 7, 2024 1:30 am

The group will explore the effects of a potential bed tax

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Assembly Vice President Tyson Cox speaks during a Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly work session in Soldotna, Alaska, on Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
Applications open for working group tasked with exploring...
By Jacob Dye • October 3, 2024 1:30 am

Of the group’s seven voting members, four will be members of the public and three will be representatives of the tourism industry

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Assembly Vice President Tyson Cox speaks during a Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly work session in Soldotna, Alaska, on Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
Assembly OKs new Tourism Industry Working Group
By Jacob Dye • September 12, 2024 1:30 am

Another resolution was considered in June that would have added a bed tax question to the October ballot

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The borough’s welcome sign greets drivers as they enter the Kenai Peninsula on Milepost 75 of the Seward Highway, on Sunday, May 5, 2019, near Turnagain Pass, Alaska. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)
Borough to include cities in tourism promotion materials
By Ashlyn O'Hara • November 15, 2023 2:30 am

Borough code doesn’t allow the borough to promote city-specific tourism without entering into a partnership with that city

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Visitor guides await travelers at the Kenai Municipal Airport, Thursday, June 20, 2019, in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion file)
Kenai Peninsula tourists trending older, staying longer
By Jacob Dye • January 11, 2023 1:30 am

Tourism is bouncing back from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic

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The MS Nieuw Amsterdam sails into Juneau on July 26, 2021. On Monday night, city leaders reviewed the results of a community survey aimed at learning more about community attitudes about the impact of large cruise ships. (Dana Zigmund/Juneau Empire)
Tourism survey yields ‘remarkable,’ ‘interesting’ data
By Dana Zigmund • December 1, 2021 2:30 am

Questionnaire shows little movement in public opinion despite visitor surge

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The old Homer Halibut Derby Shack is refreshed and updated to open  as the new Spit Visitor Information Center, as seen here on Friday, June 25, 2021, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Christina Whiting)
New Spit visitor center opens
By Michael Armstrong • June 30, 2021 2:30 am

Ribbon cutting is today for new Spit Visitor Information Center.

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Kenai Peninsula Tourism and Marketing Council Executive Director Debbie Speakman presents to the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly on Tuesday, March 2 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
Trends 2021: Peninsula tourism targeted Alaskans in 2020
By Ashlyn O'Hara • March 17, 2021 2:30 am

It was the year that almost wasn’t for peninsula tourism.

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Baycrest campground and RV park wins KOA award
Baycrest campground and RV park wins KOA award
By Michael Armstrong • November 26, 2019 5:30 am

After several years of remodeling and upgrades, the Homer/Baycrest KOA Holiday Campground has won the 2020 Kampgrounds of America President’s…

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Along the Sterling Highway, people pitch a small shack on a frozen lake to go ice fishing near Cooper Landing, Alaska, on Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)
Peninsula sees growth in winter tourism
By Victoria Petersen • January 23, 2019 5:30 am

While the borough’s ports and highways fill up with thousands of visitors from across the world in the summertime, more…

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