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JSTA leads holiday cleanup
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Posted on Dec 20 2016
Sixty-four business and community volunteers joined the Japan Saipan Travel Association in their annual cleanup of downtown Garapan on Dec. 17, 2016, in preparation for more tourists arriving during the holiday season. (MVA)
In preparation for higher visitor arrivals during Christmas and New Year’s, the Japan Saipan Travel Association and its tourism partners conducted a cleanup of the main tourist district of Garapan on Dec. 17, 2016.
Sixty-four volunteers representing 19 companies joined the cleanup beginning at 6:30am. Volunteers, including children, spread out and cleaned up along both the roadside and the beach from American Memorial Park to the Carolinian Affairs Office. The groups and companies joining JSTA in the beautification effort included the Consular Office of Japan, Northern Marianas Dive Operators Association, Marianas Visitors Authority, Micronesia Islands Nature Alliance, Pacific Development Inc., Pacific Micronesia Tours, R&C Tours, H.I.S. Saipan. Good Care Saipan, Himawari Kenbukai, MASA Dive, Make Sure Diving, Aqua Connections Inc., K.C.A. Corporation, Sakura Marine, Aqua Soul, S2 Club, and Mariana Sports Club.
The cleanup effort netted about 150 lbs of trash. (MVA)
