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

 SOLDOTNA VISITORS

Soldotna Visitor Center Visits by Month
  1997 1998 1999 2000 2001* 2002* 2003 2004 2005* 2006* % Change
May 4,368 2,936 5,359 7,280 6,870 4,822 4,001 4,830 4,941 1,833 -62.9%
June 10,294 10,289 10,658 15,846 13,730 9,638 9,332 10,142 10,539 11,346 7.7%
July 21,579 18,544 19,205 32,472 22,514 16,555 15,273 18,324 16,936 20,401 20.5%
Aug 9,763 10,678 14,453 15,249 14,026 9,415 9,121 10,161 10,498 10,10 -3.7%
Sept 1,821 4,573 4,655 4,587 3,935 3,282 3,230 3,122 2,350 2,950 25.5%
Total 47,825 47,020 54,330 75,434 61,075 43,712 40,957 46,579 45,246 46,637 3.1%
% Change   -1.70% 15.50% 38.80% -19.04% -28.43% -6.30% 13.7% 2.8% 3.1%  
* - Ongoing construction of the new Kenai River Bridge certainly affected the number of visitors finding their way to the Soldotna Visitor Center.

Overview               Participants             Earnings    
Sales        KPB      Homer      Kenai      Seldovia      Seward       Soldotna       Other KPB
 Visitors        KPB          Homer          Kenai           Seldovia          Seward          Soldotna 
     Alaska Marine Highway          Border Crossings       Traffic Counts         National Parks
 Recreational Fishing               North Peninsula Recreation Area  
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