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First Cruise Ship Arrives in Anchorage

by AEDC Communications | May 8, 2026 | News, Anchorage, Port of Alaska, Business News, Visit Anchorage, Tourism and Hospitality

Anchorage, Alaska Port of Alaska May 8th, 2026 The first cruise ship to Anchorage, MS Nieuw Amsterdam by Holland America, docked at the Port of Alaska on Friday. Over 1,000 tourists descended upon downtown Anchorage in fashionable outerwear to assist the acclimation...

AEDC Releases Economic Trends Report

Executive Summary

Anchorage’s economy over the past decade is best understood as three distinct eras layered on top of a few persistent, structural trends. The three eras, a pre-COVID oil-price driven recession (2015–2019), the COVID shock (2020–2021), and a post-COVID recovery (2022–2026), each with their own distinct causes and outcomes. The data shows... Read More

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