Conservation and Alaska Tourism
Have you ever thought about going to Alaska for a vacation or for one of the small boat cruises Alaska offers? If so, then you are like so many other people who have considered Alaska as a travel destination, and one of the top places in the world they would like to one day visit. Conservationism has helped preserve Alaska so that it remains high on people’s lists.
Alaska has become one of the primary travel wish-list, or, bucket list, destinations for both Americans and citizens of the world. Alaska represents ages and ages of history in its location at the top of the world, and remains pristine, immaculate, primeval and picturesque. It is most certainly a wild frontier still, and dominated in most locations in the state by residential and migratory birds and animals.
It is not the land time forgot, but the land man has not quite screwed up yet. As a result of this concern about man’s engagement with nature in Alaska, conservation efforts have increased and dominate discussion among most travel companies in Alaska, whether they are an Alaskan cruise operator or a hiking guide. If Alaska ends up looking like Atlantic City, then the state will have lost all its charm and the majesty and magic that is Alaska will be greatly diminished.
Conservation efforts led by Hunter McIntosh of The Boat Company, a small boat cruise to Alaska 2012 company who has been providing eco-friendly sustainable tourism for over 30 years. If the efforts of those who seek to make a living off of tourism fail, then the state’s #2 industry right behind oil will fail the state, and leave it with little charm and attraction. But that will not be the case as Alaskans are committed to keeping their state in as close to its natural state as possible.
