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Seward Seaport Record
Seward, Alaska
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R. C. Rose of the Alaska Steamship Company states that war talk has not damaged Alaska's tourist industry, with 1951 summer reservations now surpassing 1950 levels despite the Korean situation.
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WAR TALK, SAYS ALASKA
STEAMSHIP COMPANY
R. C. Rose, assistant general passenger agent for Alaska Steamship Company, observes that war talk has not damaged Alaska's tourist industry.
"From time to time various newspapers, including Alaska papers, have carried stories suggesting that the international situation is proving harmful to Alaska's growing tourist industry," Mr. Rose states. "Since the impression given by such publicity is not entirely accurate, I would like to summarize the present situation for you."
"On each Wednesday through the winter, we count actual reservations made for summer sailings. Figures for the past few weeks reveal the comparison of summer reservations with that of the 1950 season.
"On April -, summer bookings were only 53 per cent of comparable bookings for the previous year. The number increased this week until now. At this time more passengers are booked for June sailings in 1951 than at the same time last year with the same number of sailings-- and a year ago the Korean situation had not been heard of."
The company believes that the "late-booking trend will continue, and that the July and August sailings will equal any successful post-war season--providing unwarranted and ill-considered war scare stories describing Alaska as a front line battlefield are not given wide circulation."
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Alaska
Event Date
April 1951
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1951 summer reservations now exceed 1950 levels; expects strong july and august bookings if war scare stories are avoided.
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R. C. Rose, assistant general passenger agent for Alaska Steamship Company, reports that despite newspaper stories suggesting harm from international situation and Korean war, actual reservations for 1951 summer sailings have increased, with June bookings surpassing last year's at this time. Company anticipates continued late-booking trend for successful season barring further war scare publicity portraying Alaska as a battlefield.