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MVA: Transportation key to Rota and Tinian dev’t
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Posted on Jan 24 2017
The Marianas Visitors Authority thinks a viable way to tackle Rota and Tinian’s economic slump is by setting up an effective means of transportation to and from Saipan.
MVA managing director Chris Concepcion said his recent meetings with tourism professionals from Korea, China, and Japan have a common denominator—“the lack of reliable, steady, and larger transportation methods between Saipan and Tinian and Rota.”
“There have been repeated inquiries regarding ferry transportation from Saipan—vehicle ferries in particular—to enable tourists and residents from Saipan to bring their vehicles onboard, spend the day or more on Tinian, and help spread some of the revenue being produced and spent on Saipan to our sister islands in the south,” said Concepcion.
MVA suggests this method as a way to help the economies of both Tinian and Rota and recognizes the need for private investment to occur as well as some public subsidy “to help it get on track until it becomes sustainable and profitable,” he said.
Concepcion said MVA is ready to support a mode of transportation to and from the southernmost islands of the CNMI.
“We encourage our partners at the Commonwealth Development Authority and Commonwealth Ports Authority to look into ways to help stimulate this type of investment in the CNMI,” he said.
“We encourage our partners at the Commonwealth Development Authority and Commonwealth Ports Authority to look into ways to help stimulate this type of investment in the CNMI. The MVA is ready to help promote and market this attraction to tourists who visit the Marianas should this type of investment take place,” he added.
