Ketchikan Visitors Bureau — Attraction in Ketchikan

If there's a women with a beautiful short cut and amazing piercing as soon as you walk in the doors from ship PLEASE bypass her and go directly towards the fellows, a great bunch of guys and very informative about a wonderful city filled with wonderful people the woman upfront not So much condescending, rude with unwelcoming facial expression! Whatever you do don't ask about walmart(we needed some supplies cold meds,extra carryon)she informed us that All we( I'm guessing visitors )and crew do is ravish their shelves empty and besides it's the smallest walmart why do we want to go??!! Thank goodness for the welcoming gentlemen upfront who informed us of several pharmacies in the area and told us that walmart has shuttle from port!, again i say thank goodness for the fellows because we were debating going back aboard and missing out on a wonderful time in beautiful city filled with...

The visitors centre just right next to the port where the cruise ship docked. It was a rainy day when we reached this first city in Alaska. The staffs are very polite and informative. We arrived during the USA Memorial Day, we are quite lost if we were able to visit all the places as planned. Staffs are patient informing us where can we go in the town. And kind enough to tell us about the free shuttle bus service, it’s really saved us a lot in such a rainy day. You may also collect the walking tour map to have a good guide in the city. Outside, there is The Rock sculpture you should take a photo, The Rock tells the story of how Alaska's First City came to be, each sculpture has its own representation of the city, interesting! You can also see the Ketchikan sign right across the street. Please do not jaywalk but follow the crossing guard...

The Visitors' Bureau has lots of information (as one would expect), plus free maps and tour information. At the other end of the building, you can arrange tours on site, as well as get information from the tour operators on their tours and packages.

The person working the Information counter (Sharon) didn't seem to be very fond of tourists. She had very little patience for the group in front of us, and initially didn't seem to want to help our group at all. Once we told her what we were looking for, she was much more helpful. She's definitely not the friendliest person in town,...