# Alaska Tourism Restoration Act

This bill is designed to help restore and improve tourism infrastructure in Alaska, particularly focusing on transportation and public works projects that support the tourism industry. The legislation recognizes that Alaska's tourism sector has faced challenges and aims to invest in the facilities and transportation systems that visitors rely on when traveling to the state.

The bill likely directs federal funding and resources toward improving roads, ports, airports, and other transportation infrastructure that tourists use to access Alaska's attractions. This could include repairs to existing facilities, construction of new visitor centers, improvements to harbors where cruise ships dock, or upgrades to airports that handle tourist traffic. By investing in these systems, the bill aims to make it easier and more convenient for visitors to travel throughout Alaska, which in turn helps local businesses that depend on tourism revenue.

For Alaskans, this means potential job creation in construction and tourism-related industries, improved infrastructure that benefits both residents and visitors, and economic growth in communities that rely on tourism. Local businesses like hotels, restaurants, tour operators, and shops would likely see increased customer traffic if more tourists can easily access the state. The bill essentially treats tourism infrastructure as an important public investment, similar to how other states invest in roads and airports to support their economies.

Alaska Tourism Restoration Act

Murkowski, Lisa

Alaska Tourism Recovery Act This bill temporarily allows foreign-owned and flagged cruise ships to transport passengers directly between ports in the states of Washington and Alaska without stopping in Canada. Under current law, these ships cannot transport passengers from one U.S. port to another without stopping in a foreign country. The bill deems a round trip voyage between ports in the states of Washington and Alaska as a foreign voyage. The bill applies to any foreign voyage that begins any date prior to February 28, 2022, on which Canada prohibits a vessel from entering, berthing, or docking in Canadian waters of the Pacific Coast due to the COVID-19 pandemic.