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Ketchikan businesses reckon with another summer without cruise ships
Posted by Eric Stone | Feb 24, 2021
Lighthouse Excursions’ Endeavor sails on a tour. (Photo: Alabastro Photography courtesy of Jeff Karlson)
Ketchikan businesses are now reckoning with the prospect of another year without tourists. Some managed to limp through 2020, but there’s uncertainty how they’ll survive a second season without cruise visitors.
The pandemic and the ensuing shutdown of cruising in the U.S. has upended Southeast Alaska’s economy. And Lindsey Johnson, owner of Ketchikan Dry Goods, is trying to adapt.
“My store originally was more of a boutique and gift shop, and we’ve been shifting in the last six, seven months to being more of a specialty food store,” Johnson said in an interview.