Kewaunee County Economic Development Corporation Executive Director Ben Nelson hopes you keep coming to Algoma’s marina to welcome the guests coming off of various cruise ships this summer. The City of Algoma will welcome its third of eight visits of Viking Cruise Lines ships on Friday and its fourth overall visit of the summer. The German-based HANSEATIC Inspiration also stopped in Algoma a week after the first Viking Cruise ship did. Nelson says thanks to community support, he says cruise ship operators have given their hospitality high marks.
He adds that it is still too early to tell the long-term effects of the cruise ship stops, but in the short-term local businesses have seen a bigger-than-expected boost thanks to the visitors coming to shore.
