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Alaska businesses seek relief in another dry tourism year

Season 4 Episode 21 | 26m 30s

Business owners, workers and communities reliant on tourism are facing another summer without cruise ships. Will the latest federal relief package be enough to keep them afloat until next season? What else can be done to triage the state's pandemic-strapped economy? Lori Townsend speaks with Mouhcine Guettabi and Nils Andreassen.

Aired: 02/25/21
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