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What Canada's Cruise Ban and Alaska's Now-Optional Traveler Screenings Might Imply For Summer Time Journey |10 News

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Many individuals marvel what’s the easiest way to discover Alaska this summer time.

Earlier this month, Canada prolonged the ban on giant cruise ships, dealing a significant blow to Alaska’s tourism trade. U.S. federal legislation prohibits foreign-registered ships, together with most cruise ships that go to Alaska, from navigating between two U.S. ports until they cease at a overseas port within the center. To adjust to the rule, giant cruise ships certain for Alaska start their voyages in Canada or cease in Canada en route.

Whereas there are some American-flagged ships that may circumvent the ban (together with Juneau-based UnCruise and Sitka-based Alaska Dream Cruises), these ships are a lot smaller and dearer. Moreover, smaller ships spend extra time in nature and fewer time, if any, in standard ports of name like Skagway and Ketchikan.

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