American officials quickly discovered a major snag in planning for the summit: summertime is peak tourist season in Alaska, and options both available and equipped to host the two world leaders were severely limited.

The highly anticipated meeting between US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in the US state of Alaska will take place in the city of Anchorage, the White House said on Tuesday.

Less than a week after Donald Trump suddenly announced that Alaska would be the venue for his summit meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday, a mad scramble is underway to prepare both the site and the agenda for the most important superpower meeting in decades.