{"id":345527,"date":"2021-06-07T06:03:34","date_gmt":"2021-06-06T20:03:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=345527"},"modified":"2021-06-07T06:03:34","modified_gmt":"2021-06-06T20:03:34","slug":"marianas-tourism-enthusiasts-join-annual-industry-cleanup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/marianas-tourism-enthusiasts-join-annual-industry-cleanup\/","title":{"rendered":"Marianas tourism enthusiasts join annual industry cleanup"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_345528\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-345528\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/JSTA-pix1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/JSTA-pix1-1024x531.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"498\" class=\"size-large wp-image-345528\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-345528\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Over 100 volunteers joined the Marianas tourism industry cleanup in Marpi last May 29, 2021. (MVA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Over 100 tourism enthusiasts in the Marianas joined the Japan Saipan Travel Association in its semi-annual cleanup on May 29, 2021, collecting approximately 600 lbs of trash and marking one of the largest turnouts of volunteers in recent years. <\/p>\n<p>With the lull in tourism, this year\u2019s volunteers turned their attention away from the main tourist district of Garapan to the popular scenic and historic sites of Marpi in northern Saipan, including the Last Command Post, Okinawa Peace Memorial and the Korean Peace Memorial. <\/p>\n<p>JSTA was joined by the Japan Consulate Office, Marianas Visitors Authority, Northern Marianas Diving Operators Association, Korean Tourism Association, Chinese Association, SkyDive Saipan, and community members. In addition to collecting trash, the group planted trees at the Japan Peace Memorial and the Tower of Okinawa, two sites marking Saipan\u2019s historic ties with Japan. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs the Marianas prepares to welcome back international flights, the MVA would like to extend our sincere si yu\u2019us ma\u2019ase, olomwaay, and thank you to JSTA and the other organizations and individuals who participated in the cleanup,\u201d said MVA managing director Priscilla M. Iakopo. \u201cAs we are all a product of the Marianas, let\u2019s continue to respect and keep our islands clean and pristine.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The cleanup is held annually in celebration of May Tourism Month. (MVA)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over 100 tourism enthusiasts in the Marianas joined the Japan Saipan Travel Association in its&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":345528,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-345527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345527","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=345527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345527\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/345528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=345527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=345527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=345527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}