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World Tourism Day celebrated in The Marianas
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Posted on Sep 30 2022
Fifty eight participants join the World Tourism Day Sunset Walkathon on Sept. 27, 2022, on Saipan in celebration of World Tourism Day. Walks were also held in Rota and Tinian, organized by the Marianas Visitors Authority. (CONTRIBUTED PHOTO)
The Marianas joined the global travel and tourism community in celebrating the United Nations World Tourism Organization’s World Tourism Day last Sept. 27.
“A big si Yu’us ma’ase and olomwaay to everyone who came out to celebrate World Tourism Day activities on Tinian, Rota, and Saipan,” said Marianas Visitors Authority managing director Priscilla M. Iakopo.
Businesses and other groups participated in island beautification cleanups on Saipan at Paseo de Marianas in downtown Garapan and at Tinian at Tinian Swimming Hole. Participating groups in Saipan were from Kinpachi Restaurant, Japan Saipan Travel Association, Northern Marianas Diving Operators Association, Saipan Keepers, Loco & Taco, Crowne Plaza Resort Saipan, the Offices of Vice Speaker B.J. Attao and Rep. Ralph Yumul, Division of Parks & Recreation, and L.J.’s Lawn Care.
World Tourism Day Sunset Walkathons were held on all three islands beginning at 6pm. Tinian’s walk attracted nearly 200 participants, including a large number of youth and employees of local eatery JC Café in cultural attire. Winners in the cultural attire contest were: first place, Joedric Torres; second place, Lorena Cabrera; third place, Sienna Lazaro; fourth place, Derek Cabrera; and fifth place, DJ Atalig. Fifty three walkers joined Saipan’s walk beginning at the Mina’chom Atdao Pavilion at Kilili Beach Park in Susupe, with John Tagabuel II winning the Chamorro and Carolinian cultural attire contest. On Rota, the walk beginning at East Harbor drew 22 participants.
In collaboration with the Northern Mariana Islands Museum of History & Culture, high school Marianas Youth Welcome All Visitors Enthusiastically (MY WAVE) clubs of Saipan Southern High School, Marianas High School and Kagman High school received free tours in the morning. Students also had the opportunity to join Color Nights painting session with local instructor Linda Torres. (PR)
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- Thirty volunteers joined the World Tourism Day cleanup in Garapan, Saipan, on Sept. 27, 2022. A cleanup was also held on Tinian. (CONTRIBUTED PHOTOS)
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- Local artist Linda Concepcion Torres conducts a painting class with MY WAVE (Marianas Youth Welcome All Visitors Enthusiastically) Club students during World Tourism Day on Sept. 27, 2022, at the Northern Mariana Islands Museum of History & Culture in Garapan, Saipan.
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- MY WAVE (Marianas Youth Welcome All Visitors Enthusiastically) Club students tour the Northern Mariana Islands Museum of History & Culture on World Tourism Day on Sept. 27, 2022, in Garapan, Saipan.
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- Nearly 200 participants joined the World Tourism Day Sunset Walkathon on Sept. 27, 2022, on Tinian in celebration of World Tourism Day. Walks were also held in Saipan and Rota, organized by the Marianas Visitors Authority.
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- Nearly 200 participants joined the World Tourism Day Sunset Walkathon on Sept. 27, 2022, on Tinian in celebration of World Tourism Day. A Chamorro and Carolinian cultural attire contest was also held as part of the walk.
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- Tinian Mayor Edwin Aldan, left, awards Sienna Lazaro a prize for her cultural attire during the World Tourism Day Sunset Walkathon on Sept. 27, 2022, on Tinian. Also pictured is Marianas Visitors Authority Tinian Field Supervisor Vida Borja.
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- Participants register and receive free T-shirts at the World Tourism Day Sunset Walkathon on Sept. 27, 2022, beginning at Mina’chom Atdao in Saipan in celebration of World Tourism Day. Walks were also held in Tinian and Rota.
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- Community members join the World Tourism Day Sunset Walkathon on Sept. 27, 2022, beginning at East Harbor, Rota, in celebration of World Tourism Day. Walks were also held in Saipan and Tinian, organized by the Marianas Visitors Authority.
