Explore Fairbanks presented a snapshot of 2025 to the Fairbanks City Council on Monday night as part of their annual reporting.

Explore Fairbanks, which markets Fairbanks as a tourism destination on the national and world stage, receives the lion’s share of the city’s bed tax revenue, or about $2.2 million. It also splits any additional bed tax funds to the city above what is collected and distributed under the city’s formula.

Explore Fairbanks President/CEO Scott McCrea said Monday that the tourism dipped a little for Fairbanks this year, but not as much as anticipated.

“By all accounts, we had a great January, and then that’s when we saw the downturn in the industry,” McCrea said.

McCrea said the combined bed tax revenue through August for Fairbanks, North Pole, and the borough is up

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