{"id":337014,"date":"2021-01-20T06:00:04","date_gmt":"2021-01-19T20:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=337014"},"modified":"2021-01-20T06:00:04","modified_gmt":"2021-01-19T20:00:04","slug":"saipan-makes-it-to-nyts-list-of-52-places-to-love-in-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/saipan-makes-it-to-nyts-list-of-52-places-to-love-in-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Saipan makes it to NYT\u2019s list of \u201852 places to love in 2021\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The island of Saipan in the western Pacific has been named to The New York Times\u2019 \u201c52 Places to Love in 2021.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The list, which is usually published annually as \u201c52 Places to Go,\u201d was compiled from among over 2,000 public submissions of places with special meaning to the contributors. Saipan\u2019s submission to The New York Times list was made by Meghan West of the United States, a geophysicist with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. <\/p>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_337015\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-337015\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Priscilla-Iakopo-mug-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-337015\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-337015\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Iakopo<\/figcaption><\/figure>al<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are so pleased to be recognized by The New York Times as one of their \u201952 Places to Love in 2021,\u2019\u201d said Marianas Visitors Authority managing director Priscilla M. Iakopo. \u201cAlthough we are small on the map, people who visit the Marianas are often surprised by the depth of our islands\u2019 natural beauty, the diversity of our history and community, and the warmth of our people. The Marianas is a perfect place to explore and connect with nature, open our hearts and connect with others, and take time to unplug and connect with ourselves.\u201d<strong> (MVA)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The island of Saipan in the western Pacific has been named to The New York&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":330356,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[7873],"class_list":["post-337014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","tag-nyt"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337014","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=337014"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337014\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/330356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=337014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=337014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=337014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}