Viola Alepuyo
âWe are working very hard to resume tourism safely,â she added, referring to the Torres-Palacios administration, MVA management and staff, the CNMI Covid-19 task force, the Governorâs Council of Economic Advisers, the recently created Tourism Resumption Investment Program or TRIP led by Commonwealth Ports Authority Chairwoman Kimberlyn King-Hinds and other tourism-related stakeholders both in the CNMI and abroad.
Asked about the anticipated challenges of restarting tourism, Alepuyo said, âThe devil is in the details.â
âAnybody can say we are going to have tourism restarted, but how do you go about doing it?â she asked. âThere is still a lot work that needs to be done, a lot of i s to dot and t s to cross, and we have to do all of this in compliance with CNMI and federal laws and in conjunction with the laws and regulations that our destination partners must follow. Fortunately, we have a lot of industry partners who are ver
Japan
Gloria-cavanagh
Viola-alepuyo
Agida-quitugua
Ivan-quichocho
Thomas-liu
Warren-villagomez
Chris-nelson
Commonwealth-ports-authority
Tourism-resumption-investment-program
Governor-council-of-economic-advisers
Marianas-visitors-authority
WE canât emphasize enough how the Commonwealth Healthcare Corp. and the Governorâs Covid-19 Task Force have done a great job in establishing protocols that allowed the CNMI to manage the pandemic, save lives, and motivate us to work together in getting our economy back up and running.
Our economy relies heavily on tourism. With ongoing uncertainty with this crisis, we must work on a road map for the safe resumption of the critical and only industry in the CNMI.
The Governorâs Council of Economic Advisers or GCEA, through its Tourism Resumption Blueprint, offers a pathway that recognizes the threats associated with increased arrivals into the CNMI and places the safety of its residents and visitors as its foremost priority. The blueprint recommends implementing enhanced safety protocols â Â testing upon arrival, quarantine, and reporting and monitoring of visitors â educating stakeholders about the rapid response for containment, and creating travel bu
United-states
American
Gloria-cavanagh
Esther-muna
Kimberly-king-hinds
Instagram
Kensington-hotel-saipan
Governor-council-of-economic-advisers
Marianas-visitors-authority
Tourism-resumption-task
Commonwealth-healthcare-corp
Commonwealth-ports-authority
Marianas Visitors Authority chair Marian Aldan Pierce presides over a board meeting on Thursday.
Photo by Bryan Manabat
âBecause we did not get an approval from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the application was resubmitted,â Iakopo said, adding that the new tentative date is Feb. 5.
âWe hope to hear back from CDC as soon as possible,â she told the MVA board members.
MVAâs proposed travel bubble with South Korea will require visitors to get tested and undergo quarantine.
The board on Thursday also discussed the possibility of including Japan in the travel bubble.
Present in the board meeting were chair Marian Aldan-Pierce, vice chair Gloria Cavanagh, board members Christopher Nelson, Ivan Quichocho, Warren Villagomez, Thomas Liu, and Viola Alepuyo.
Japan
South-korea
Gloria-cavanagh
Viola-alepuyo
Ivan-quichocho
Christopher-nelson
Thomas-liu
Warren-villagomez
Priscilla-iakopo
Us-centers-for-disease
Marianas-visitors-authority
Authority-managing-director-priscilla-iakopo
vimarsana © 2020. All Rights Reserved.