Julie Saupe asks Tourist to Visit Anchorage

Once known as the Anchorage convention and Visitors Bureau, Visit Anchorage believes that all that live in Anchorage is touched by the economic impact of Tourism.  At base we all enjoy the downtown flowers of summer.  World class restaurants full in the summer and easier for us locals to obtain a reservation in the winter.  Even the Alyeska resort that is full of tourist in warmer weather is our winter playground in the cold and snow.  

Anchorage has a bed tax of 12% to help maintain our city as a Tourism destination.  The Dena’ina Civic and Convention Center is well used and has acted as a catalyst to fill our restaurants, hotels and other industries that are enhanced due to tourism.   The Executive Director of Visit Anchorage Julie Saupe communicates that of the 20 million or so that comes from the bed tax  one third goes to the city, one third to Visit Anchorage (To market Anchorage) and one third to the Dena’ina Center.