Kenai Peninsula Borough
144 North Binkley Street     Soldotna, AK 99669
Phone - (907) 262-4441 or (800) 478-4441   or on the web    www.borough.kenai.ak.us

 TOURISM Industry

 HOMER VISITORS

Homer Visitor Center Counts
  1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Annual
Change
May                     1,759  
June 3,132  2,637 2,997 3,378 2,187 2,324 2,022 1,979 2,114 2,406 2,769 13.8%
July 5,460 3,999 4,575 5,441 3,301 3,239 3,831 3,268 3,420 3,701 3,998 8.2%
August 3,633 2,813 3,403 3,910 2,413 2,206 2,890 2,444 2,307 2,545 2,817 10.3%
September                     1,098  
Total 12,225 9,449 10,975 12,729 7,901 7,769 8,743 7,691 7,841 8,652 12,441 10.3%
Disembarking Ferry Traffic
  Passengers Vehicles
  2003 2004 2005 2003 2004 2005
Jan 134 59 96 46 35 60
Feb 132 127 123 91 90 77
Mar 225 115 73 100 67 75
April 222 279 258 100 169 169
May 835 670 565 373 310 263
June 1,407 1,294 1,040 474 429 416
July 1,384 1,323 1,119 406 411 385
Aug 1,747 1,491 1,349 539 509 463
Sept 1,075 876 1,009 430 349 327
Oct 445 314 473 241 189 286
Nov 250 304 393 142 181 215
Dec 240 220 295 156 96 149
Total 8,096 7,072 6,793 3,098 2,835 2,885
Embarking Ferry Traffic
  Passengers Vehicles
  2003 2004 2005 2003 2004 2005
Jan 195 123 164 95 58 78
Feb 153 116 150 82 73 90
Mar 282 141 112 139 81 82
April 316 303 334 196 215 214
May 1,003 962 907 473 500 411
June 1,596 1,394 1,052 575 522 406
July 1,605 1,209 1,378 474 446 483
Aug 1,471 1,499 1,380 478 485 458
Sept 1,082 808 692 425 348 318
Oct 421 245 625 250 189 364
Nov 248 395 354 141 213 193
Dec 357 268 315 171 141 163
Total 8,729 7,463 7,463 3,499 3,271 3,260

Overview               Participants             Earnings    
Sales        KPB      Homer      Kenai      Seldovia      Seward       Soldotna       Other KPB
 Visitors        KPB          Homer          Kenai           Seldovia          Seward          Soldotna 
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