{"id":252917,"date":"2017-05-24T06:00:09","date_gmt":"2017-05-23T20:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=252917"},"modified":"2017-05-24T06:00:09","modified_gmt":"2017-05-23T20:00:09","slug":"tinian-celebrates-tourism-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/tinian-celebrates-tourism-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Tinian Celebrates Tourism Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tinian is joining the celebration of May Tourism Month in the Marianas with activities targeting young and old, alike.<\/p>\n<p>This month the Marianas Visitors Authority has organized a series of island tours for students of private and public schools, frontline government employees and senior citizens. The tours are being led by a professional tour guide to give participants the full experience of being a \u201cTourist for a Day\u201d as they learn the about the historical, cultural, and scenic sites visited daily by tourists.  <\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_252918\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-252918\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Tinian-pix-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Students from Grace Christian Academy Tinian stop by the Tinian Blowhole on May 18, 2017, as part of an island tour organized by the Marianas Visitors Authority as part of May Tourism Month. (MVA)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-252918\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-252918\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students from Grace Christian Academy Tinian stop by the Tinian Blowhole on May 18, 2017, as part of an island tour organized by the Marianas Visitors Authority as part of May Tourism Month. (MVA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThese relics, including tour beautiful beaches, are part of our heritage, and I find it our duty to educate our people, especially at a very young age, of the importance of its preservation not only for our visiting tourists but for sustainability,\u201d said MVA Field Office supervisor Vida Borja.  \u201cHow wonderful if everyone, especially frontline employees, were well-versed or could out rightly respond to any inquiries about these sites!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On May 18, the MVA organized an island tour for Grace Christian Academy on Tinian, with other schools and offices to follow.<\/p>\n<p>Residents are also encouraged to show their support for Tourism Month by observing \u201cHafa Adai Tirow Spirit\u201d Island Wear Fridays and participating in Tourism Trivia on KCNM-KZMI, KKMP, KWAW, and Power 99. <\/p>\n<p>Student winners of the \u201cSee My Marianas\u201d Graphic Art Contest will be announced this week. This Saturday\u2019s Taste of the Marianas International Food Festival &amp; Beer Garden will be held from 6pm to 10pm at Garapan Fishing Base and will feature the Chefs\u2019 Competition. <strong>(MVA)<\/strong><em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tinian is joining the celebration of May Tourism Month in the Marianas with activities targeting&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":252918,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[6041,43,16905,9236],"class_list":["post-252917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","tag-kwaw","tag-marianas-visitors-authority","tag-tinian-blowhole","tag-vida-borja"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252917","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\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=252917"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252917\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/252918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}