{"id":280103,"date":"2018-07-17T06:00:35","date_gmt":"2018-07-16T20:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=280103"},"modified":"2018-07-17T06:00:35","modified_gmt":"2018-07-16T20:00:35","slug":"marianas-wins-best-eagle-ray-watching-spot-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/marianas-wins-best-eagle-ray-watching-spot-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Marianas wins best Eagle Ray Watching Spot award"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-280103 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/marianas-wins-best-eagle-ray-watching-spot-award\/mva-pix-1-jpg-copy-11\/'>MVA pix 1.jpg copy<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-280104'>\n\t\t\t\tThe Marianas Visitors Authority joins the 2018 Diving &amp; Resort Travel Taiwan show on June 22-24, 2018, in Taipei, Taiwan. The show is one of the largest dive and resort expo in Asia. Picture from left are MVA Taiwan PR &amp; Marketing manager Steven Cheng, MVA Taiwan In-country manager Milane Tsai, Marinas Ocean Tourism ambassador Yorko Summer, 2018 Intern to the Marianas winner Ming Chen, and MVA Marketing specialist Laura Hsiao. (Contributed Photo)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/marianas-wins-best-eagle-ray-watching-spot-award\/mva-pix-2-jpg-copy-12\/'>MVA pix 2.jpg copy<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-280105'>\n\t\t\t\tThe Marianas receives the award for Best Eagle Ray Watching Spot at the 2018 Diving &amp; Resort Travel Taiwan show on June 22-24, 2018, in Taipei, Taiwan. (Contributed Photo)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/marianas-wins-best-eagle-ray-watching-spot-award\/mva-pix-3-jpg-copy-10\/'>MVA pix 3.jpg copy<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-280106'>\n\t\t\t\tMVA hosts a Marianas Ocean Celebration at the 2018 Diving Resort Travel Taiwan show on June 22-24, 2018, in Taipei, Taiwan. From left are MVA Taiwan PR &amp; Marketing manager Steven Cheng, MVA managing director Christopher A. Concepcion, MVA Taiwan In-country manager Milane Tsai, MVA Marketing specialist Laura Hsiao, Marianas Ocean Tourism ambassador Yorko Summer, 2018 Intern to the Marianas winner Ming Chen, and 2017 Intern to the Marianas winner Sherry Lin. (Contributed Photo)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/marianas-wins-best-eagle-ray-watching-spot-award\/mva-pix-4-jpg-copy-7\/'>MVA pix 4.jpg copy<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-280107'>\n\t\t\t\tMarianas Ocean Tourism ambassador Yorko Summer presents photos and videos about The Marianas at the 2018 Diving &amp; Resort Travel Taiwan show on June 22-24, 2018, in Taipei, Taiwan. (Contributed Photo)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/marianas-wins-best-eagle-ray-watching-spot-award\/mva-pix-5-jpg-copy-5\/'>MVA pix 5.jpg copy<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-280108'>\n\t\t\t\tSome of the nearly 29,000 visitors to the 2018 Diving &amp; Resort Travel Taiwan show on June 22-24, 2018, in Taipei, Taiwan visit The Marianas booth to learn more about the destination.  (Contributed Photo)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Add \u201cBest Eagle Ray Watching Spot\u201d to the growing list of international accolades for The Marianas.<\/p>\n<p>The string of 14 islands was recently awarded the recognition at the 2018 Diving &amp; Resort Travel (DRT) Taiwan Expo held on June 22-24, 2018, in Taipei, Taiwan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnyone who spends any time on the water in The Marianas, whether diving, snorkeling, boating, or even just walking on the beach is going to have an eagle ray encounter sooner or later,\u201d said MVA Managing Director Christopher A. Concepcion. \u201cThe establishment of several marine conservation areas in recent years has been a step in the right direction for ensuring that our vibrant sea life and underwater resources are sustained for residents and visitors, alike. We welcome divers to observe these incredible creatures at our famous Eagle Ray City and other sites throughout The Marianas.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The DRT show is the largest such expo in Asia and hosts dive expos in several locations in Asia including Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, Taiwan, Philippines and Malaysia. In general, DRT expo hosts about seven dive shows each year with about 960 exhibitors from 50 countries and 90,000 visitors from 65 countries each year.<\/p>\n<p>2018 DRT Taiwan attracted nearly 29,000 people, a majority of whom attended various seminars at the show, including two presentations by Marianas Ocean Tourism ambassador Yorko Summer, highlighted by videos and photos of The Marianas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a successful diving show because it attracted thousands of people to the MVA booth who asked for diving information,\u201d said Summer. \u201cAnyone who came into the expo was our target audience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At their exhibition booth, the MVA answered consumer questions, distributed diving and other information about The Marianas, met with industry VIPs, and screened informational videos of the destination. In addition, a Marianas Ocean Celebration was held to showcase Ambassador Summer\u2019s new promotional video and photography work done in The Marianas.<strong> (PR)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Add \u201cBest Eagle Ray Watching Spot\u201d to the growing list of international accolades for The&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":280104,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[171,212,513,17592],"class_list":["post-280103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","tag-asia","tag-mva","tag-taiwan","tag-yorko-summer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280103","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=280103"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280103\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/280104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=280103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=280103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=280103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}