Alaska

Go deep inside Alaska, where the unparalleled meets the unexpected.

Fairbanks emanates a quality of light, energy and warmth found nowhere else on Earth. Our northern lights will change you, while our summer midnight sun charms you. Greet the Arctic wilderness on our doorstep or be amazed by our magnificent neighbor, Denali. Be transported into our gold rush past or engaged in the art and culture of our vibrant and diverse city. Make your journey into the heart of the Last Frontier and experience the light, energy and warmth found only in Fairbanks, Alaska.

Haines is everything you dreamed Alaska would be - Find yourself submerged in pristine beauty surrounded by abundant wildlife and endless opportunities for outdoor adventure while soaking up the surroundings with experiences from extreme adventure to simple pleasures at a leisurely pace.

The Alaska Wilderness Recreation & Tourism Association (AWRTA) is a members-driven trade association formed to be a collective voice for wilderness-dependent businesses. We advocate for the sustainability of Alaska's natural and cultural resources, responsible tourism and tourism planning for communities. View AWRTA's Ecotourism Guidelines to learn more.

Spend a few days with us and you'll see why so many folks choose to visit and live here. In Juneau, you can watch humpbacks in the morning, take in a performing arts performance in the evening, and toss back a few locally brewed beers at night. We're eclectic that way. And we've got all the activities and attractions you'd expect in a state capital. We just share them without all the pretention.

Surrounded by stunning views of Cook Inlet and framed by towering volcanoes, Kenai Kenai Visitor Guideoffers opportunities to observe wildlife, explore local arts and culture, shop the Saturday Market, and enjoy world class fishing! Kenai welcomes you!

The birthplace of our community is Ketchikan Creek, located in the heart of downtown. Our earliest visitors, Tlingit natives, set up summer fish camps along its shores. The City of Ketchikan was established in 1900 due to the commercial fishing industry’s discovery of our salmon rich waters. Ketchikan Creek’s shoreline bends and curves past Creek Street, a wooden boardwalk named one of the country’s top ten by USA Today. Beginning in the prohibition era, buildings on the creek housed bordellos. Today restaurants, museums, galleries and gift shops are popular stops along the creek.

Visitors come to Kodiak to experience a wildness that is unmatched in few places on the earth. They come to step away from civilization and rediscover nature in its purest, unruined form. It is a place to slow down to the tempo and timbre of wilderness, to appreciate silence broken only by the eagle or loon. It is a place to rest weary eyes and quiet nerves with the motion of water and color of trees. And it is a place where the designs of man yield completely to the demands of the environment.

Towering mountains, huge glacier valleys, fish-filled rivers and lakes, abundant Alaska wildlife, glorious hiking country, scenic camping and quaint frontier communities - the Mat-Su is what Alaska visitors dream about.

Located on the northwest portion of Chichagof Island, approximately 100 miles west of Juneau and 90 miles north of Sitka, Pelican is considered to be the starting point to visit the Chichagof & Yakobi Island Wilderness Area. Founded as a commercial fish processing site in 1938 the town’s fish plant adopted the logo “closest to the fish”, a claim Pelican retains to this day.