Expecting an increase in visitor arrivals this Christmas, the Marianas Visitors Authority and First Lady Sophie Tenorio are coordinating on a plan to install lights along Beach Road to brighten up the holiday season.<\/p>\n
Assisting the First Lady is Annie Sablan, wife of Lt. Gov. Jesus Sablan.<\/p>\n
Mrs. Tenorio and Mrs. Sablan are meeting with government agencies to seek assistance in carrying out the project. The lights are expected to be installed on the first day of December.<\/p>\n
The lights will be on until New Year.<\/p>\n
At the same time, the Island Beautification Task Force is identifying sites that will be adorned with Christmas decorations.<\/p>\n
The decorations will not only lend a festive air but also depict the island’s culture, according to Perry J. Tenorio, managing director of the Marianas Visitors Authority.<\/p>\n
Cashing in on the popular millennium package trips, tour operators have started marketing the CNMI as a holiday destination.<\/p>\n
Asiana Airlines, Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways will operate charter flights to cater to the expected increase in the number of tourists.<\/p>\n
ANA will operate 10 Osaka-Saipan charter flights from Dec. 25 to Jan. 7, 2000 in connection with the millennium package tour being marketed by Pacific Micronesia Tours, Inc. and Tasi Tours, subsidiaries of Tokyo-based Japan Travel Bureau Inc.\u2013\u2013 the biggest tour operator in the world. The airline will use a B767 aircraft which can accommodate 260 passengers.<\/p>\n
With the expected increase in visitor arrivals from Korea during the honeymoon season, Asiana Airlines will carry out Pusan-Seoul chartered flights twice a week beginning Oct. 12 until end of December.<\/p>\n
Asiana will use a B737 with a seating capacity of 145 in its Pusan-Saipan charter flights. Pusan, located south of Korea, is considered a big source of the honeymoon market.<\/p>\n
Before the end of 1999, JAL will operate nine charter flights to Saipan, three each in the months of October, November and December from Nagoya.<\/p>\n
The next millennium will be greeted by JAL with a total of eight more Nagoya-Saipan charter flights in January, February and March, 2000.<\/p>\n
JAL will have eight more charter flights from Fukuoka to Saipan.<\/p>\n
“We are doing this as part of our commitment to help the CNMI tourism industry which has been suffering due to the regional crisis,” said Ikuo Katayama, general manager of PMT.<\/p>\n
MVA has hired Dentsu 10 in promoting the Northern Marianas using the mascot Saipanda.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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