Alaska is Great Location for Cruisers

Alaska is hot.If that sounds counterintuitive, hang on to your mittens!As a tourist destination, the last frontier sizzles and, consequently, space aboard the flotilla of ships that call the 49th state home from May through September fills quickly.

In the 17 years from 1990 to 2007, for example, the number of cruisers who've sailed there has nearly quadrupled from 235,000 to a tad more than a million, says Marty Trencher, owner and managing director of Travel Direct and Alaska Cruisetours Online, a 9-year-old firm specializing in vacations to the "Last Frontier."

http://www.chicagotribune.com/travel/chi-cruise_alaska_pmfeb10,0,7378194.story

See also Alaska cruise fishing