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Tourism About 1.7 million visitors came to Alaska in the summer of 2008, more than half of them on cruise ships. Total employment attributable to tourism is estimated-by various methods-at about 25,000. The number of tourists visiting Alaska each year was growing steadily for many years until the recession caused a sharp drop in tourism in 2009. In the long-run, tourism is likely to continue to grow-creating demands for new facilities and recreational opportunities for visitors, as well as conflicts over crowding and land use. Summer Visitor Volume to Alaska, 2001-2008 1,714,100 1,707,400 1,632,000 1,631,500 1,447,400 1,275,000 1,310,100 1,202,800 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Source:Alaska Visitor Statistics Program V Interim Visitor Volume Report, Summer 2008, http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/oed/toubus/pub/AVSP_2008.pdf 34

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