The Marianas Visitors Authority has launched its first English-language social media contest to promote the islands of Saipan, Tinian, and Rota.<\/p>\n
The Go Green in Saipan, Tinian, and Rota! Contest invites Facebook friends and users who \u201clike\u201d the Marianas Visitors Authority and Twitter followers to share or re-tweet the message, \u201cEnjoy nature on Saipan, Tinian, and Rota, America\u2019s garden in the Pacific. Visit now! www.mymarianas.com.\u201d Individuals who do so by Sept. 30, 2012, will be entered into a random drawing to win one of 50 Marianas eco-bags.<\/p>\n
\u201cSocial media contests are no stranger to the MVA, as they have been utilized by our Japan and Korea offices, often in collaboration with tourism partners in those countries,\u201d said MVA marketing manager Bruce Bateman. \u201cOn our recently-launched English social media sites, we are pleased to have over 450 \u201cfriends\u201d and 118 \u201clikes\u201d on Facebook and over 80 followers on Twitter. We’d like to see those figures double in the next couple months.\u201d<\/p>\n
The \u201cGo Green\u201d theme is based on the overwhelming results of a 2011 visitor exit survey, where most visitors indicated nature\/scenic attractions as the top one or two activities they would like to see more of while visiting the Northern Marianas. Visitors also listed environmental quality as a priority.<\/p>\n
The MVA’s Facebook profile is \u201cSaipan Tinian Rota\u201d and the office can be followed on Twitter at @mva_cnmi. The MVA also operates a Facebook page \u201cMy Marianas (Marianas Visitors Authority).\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cEveryone’s invited to join the contest and spread the word about our beautiful islands, wonderful way of life, and tourism attractions,\u201d said Bateman. \u201cHelp us tell the world how awesome our islands are!\u201d<\/p>\n
Contest rules are posted at www.mymarianas.com. (MVA)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Marianas Visitors Authority has launched its first English-language social media contest to promote the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[401,62,43,212],"class_list":["post-25122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news","tag-facebook","tag-korea","tag-marianas-visitors-authority","tag-mva"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25122"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25122\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}