Of the 2.26 million visitors to Alaska in 2019, more than half, or 1.17 million, arrived on cruise ships. The Last Frontier is the most cruise-dependent destination in the U.S., but this year, while there is growing hope for a truncated big-ship Alaska cruise season if the CDC allows cruising from U.S. ports. Even that would mean a much shorter and smaller season, coming off of a full year without a single large cruise ship.