Alaska's summer travel season is about to kick off, and this year the cruise industry is looking at a record deployment (The link to that article is below).

In this episode, host Rebecca Tobin and Travel Weekly aviation editor Robert Silk, who has just returned from Alaska, brought back Kirsten Dixon, a well known hotelier and hospitality expert in the state, to talk about how to travel in Alaska in the winter, Dixon's involvement with the Iditarod dogsled race, this summer's tourism highlights and whether travel in the state is "back."

This episode has been edited for length and clarity. 

Episode sponsor:

This episode is sponsored by G Adventures https://www.gadventures.com

Related reports:

Cruise lines tap into Alaska demand with record deployment https://www.travelweekly.com/Cruise-Travel/Cruise-lines-tap-Alaska-demand-with-record-deployment

New tours and summer events await travelers to Alaska https://www.travelweekly.com/North-America-Travel/New-tours-special-events-await-summer-visitors-to-Alaska

Experiencing Alaska through local events https://www.travelweekly.com/North-America-Travel/Experiencing-Alaska-through-local-events

Robert Silk's visit to Fairbanks: https://www.travelweekly.com/Blogs/Dispatch/The-Fairbanks-nightlife

Robert Silk's experience heli-skiing in Alaska with Chugach Powder Guides: https://www.travelweekly.com/North-America-Travel/Focus-Ski-Mountain-Travel-2023-Powder-days

Kirsten Dixon's Within the Wild company https://withinthewild.com/

Alaska's summer travel season is about to kick off, and this year the cruise industry is looking at a record deployment (The link to that article is below).
In this episode, host Rebecca Tobin and Travel Weekly aviation editor Robert Silk, who has just returned from Alaska, brought back Kirsten Dixon, a well known hotelier and hospitality expert in the state, to talk about how to travel in Alaska in the winter, Dixon's involvement with the Iditarod dogsled race, this summer's tourism highlights and whether travel in the state is "back."
This episode has been edited for length and clarity. 
Episode sponsor:
This episode is sponsored by G Adventures <a href="https://www.gadventures.com">https://www.gadventures.com</a>
Related reports:
Cruise lines tap into Alaska demand with record deployment <a href="https://www.travelweekly.com/Cruise-Travel/Cruise-lines-tap-Alaska-demand-with-record-deployment">https://www.travelweekly.com/Cruise-Travel/Cruise-lines-tap-Alaska-demand-with-record-deployment</a>
New tours and summer events await travelers to Alaska <a href="https://www.travelweekly.com/North-America-Travel/New-tours-special-events-await-summer-visitors-to-Alaska">https://www.travelweekly.com/North-America-Travel/New-tours-special-events-await-summer-visitors-to-Alaska</a>
Experiencing Alaska through local events <a href="https://www.travelweekly.com/North-America-Travel/Experiencing-Alaska-through-local-events">https://www.travelweekly.com/North-America-Travel/Experiencing-Alaska-through-local-events</a>
Robert Silk's visit to Fairbanks: <a href="https://www.travelweekly.com/Blogs/Dispatch/The-Fairbanks-nightlife">https://www.travelweekly.com/Blogs/Dispatch/The-Fairbanks-nightlife</a>
Robert Silk's experience heli-skiing in Alaska with Chugach Powder Guides: <a href="https://www.travelweekly.com/North-America-Travel/Focus-Ski-Mountain-Travel-2023-Powder-days">https://www.travelweekly.com/North-America-Travel/Focus-Ski-Mountain-Travel-2023-Powder-days</a>
Kirsten Dixon's Within the Wild company <a href="https://withinthewild.com/">https://withinthewild.com/</a>

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Hosted by Travel Weekly managing editor Rebecca Tobin.

Travel Weekly's team of reporters, editors and contributors take a deep dive into the biggest travel story of the week.&nbsp;
In each episode, we invite invite our team of journalists and their trusted sources to delve into major travel trends that industry insiders, or just travelers, want to know about. &nbsp;
You may be wondering: Why the Folo? Well, a folo -- f o l o -- is a journalism term, a kind of shorthand that basically means to follow a breaking news story with more in depth reporting and analysis. And at the Folo podcast, that's what we do.&nbsp;
Hosted by Travel Weekly managing editor Rebecca Tobin.

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