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‘MVA has always prioritized our community’s safety’
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Posted on Nov 09 2021
With some in the community raising concerns about the CNMI’s lack of pushback on the strict health protocols, Marianas Visitors Authority managing director Priscilla Iakopo insists that the agency’s paramount concern is the CNMI community’s safety.
Iakopo said that MVA’s main priority is the safety of the community and follows the guidance and advice of the Governor’s COVID-19 Task Force to ensure just that.
“Since Day 1 of the [Tourism Resumption Investment Plan] program, MVA has always prioritized the safety of our community and visitors. We seek guidance and follow the advice given to the MVA from the COVID-19 Task Force and CHCC. In addition, MVA meets with the task force and CHCC on a weekly basis,” she said.
In the past week, the CNMI has seen a number of quarantine facilities open up, including Century Hotel, Mariana Resort and Spa, and the Pacific Islands Club Saipan. In addition, it was learned that construction has begun to turn the former Mango Resort into a hybrid quarantine facility.
With the travel bubble in place with South Korea, all incoming passengers and passengers participating in the CNMI-South Korea Travel Bubble are not exempted from the mandatory quarantine.
Currently, all travel bubble passengers are required to quarantine regardless of vaccination status.
“This is why travel bubble tourists are first quarantined at Pacific Islands Club Saipan for five days. After five days they are tested again. If they are still negative for COVID-19, that’s when they can transfer to either of the two “corridor hotels”: the Saipan World Resort or Kensington Hotel Saipan,” said Iakopo.
