The Marianas Visitors Authority stills maintains a representative office in Russia because of strategic reasons, according to MVA managing director Christopher Concepcion. <\/p>\n
\u201cOur Russia market has seen better days, of course,\u201d said Concepcion in response to Saipan Tribune\u2019s request for information about the Russian market.<\/p>\n
Concepcion said MVA feels the Russia market still holds potential to the CNMI\u2019s tourism industry because East Russia is very close to the CNMI.<\/p>\n
He said Russian citizens can visit the CNMI visa-free, which is a huge selling point because the Commonwealth is the only part of the U.S. that allows Russians to visit without a visa.<\/p>\n
Concepcion said the Russia market still has tourists that are the longest staying and highest spending per capita. \u201cThey are a coveted market all over the world,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
At present, Korea takes the lead of the CNMI\u2019s market share at 48 percent, followed by China at 38 percent, Japan at 7 percent, and the remaining markets such as Russia make up the remaining 7 percent. <\/p>\n
In September 2017, MVA joined the Far East Travel & Education Show in Russia\u2019s Far East dedicated to tourism and education specialist, as part of MVA\u2019s number of activities to keep the CNMI fresh in the minds of Russians.<\/p>\n
Last February, MVA announced that it was expecting an increase in Russian tourism arrivals this spring with Jeju <\/p>\n
Air\u2019s new travel promotion from Vladivostok to the Marianas via a quick transit through Seoul. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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