Alaska Trends

Alaska Trends

AMHS Serves All of Alaska

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ommunities, businesses, and individuals statewide take advantage of the Alaska Marine Highway System’s ports of call that span from Southeast to Southwest Alaska. To help our readers better understand the impact of the Alaska Marine Highway System, we present information from The Economic Impacts of the Alaska Marine Highway System as compiled by McDowell Group (using 2014 data) and presented to the Alaska House of Representatives in February.

AMHS Serves All of Alaska

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ommunities, businesses, and individuals statewide take advantage of the Alaska Marine Highway System’s ports of call that span from Southeast to Southwest Alaska. To help our readers better understand the impact of the Alaska Marine Highway System, we present information from The Economic Impacts of the Alaska Marine Highway System as compiled by McDowell Group (using 2014 data) and presented to the Alaska House of Representatives in February.

Alaskan Ridership

AMHS carried residents from 175 communities. Anchorage and Mat-Su residents accounted for 20,000 bookings and 15% of revenue from Alaskans.

Visitors and AMHS

More than half (51%) visit Anchorage, 50% visit Juneau, 36% visit Denali, 36% visit Ketchikan, 35% visit Skagway, 32% visit Haines, 26% visit Seward, 25% visit Fairbanks, 23% visit Homer, and 22% visit Valdez.