KETCHIKAN, Alaska (KTUU) - Ketchikan looks at becoming another port community to lift a tax exemption from cruise ships. The change would allow Ketchikan to tax goods sold on cruise ships in port.

Port Klawock is the latest addition to Alaska’s cruise port circuit. This new port is approximately a 4-hour ferry ride from Ketchikan’s well-known cruise port, a popular destination for ...

Icy Strait Point, a privately owned cruise port in Alaska, offers both thoughtful programs and thrilling excursions, and it's winner a Travel + Leisure’s 2025 Global Vision Awards.

Depending on the suite category, guests may also receive a pre-cruise hotel stay with their voyage. Complimentary shore excursions are available in a number of Alaska ports. In Ketchikan ...

A cruise to Alaska is one of the best ways to visit many parts of the 49th state, including the Inside Passage and the southeastern port towns of Juneau, Ketchikan and Skagway. You can also see ...

If there’s one place in the world to coax a confirmed cruise ... of the Gulf of Alaska by a long string of islands. We spent one day each in the towns of Juneau, Skagway and Ketchikan, one ...