swim and dive in the pristine waters around the island have to fend for themselves as there was no one taking care of the island.
But everything changed in December 1989 when the Department of Public Lands opened the chance for tour agents to take care of Managaha.
Tasi Tours & Transportation, Inc. general manager David Igitol said they won the first bidding as well as the following biddings and has maintained concession of the island until now.
For the first time, Tasi Tours will hold an appreciation ceremony for all their business associates who have worked with them in bringing hundreds of thousands of tourists from all over the world through all these years.
Igitol said that they have invited almost a hundred people, including business associates, government officials and Tasi Tours top officials to join them in the celebration for 20 successful years of concession.
The event will be from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Managaha Island.
“Without our business associates, we would not have succeeded to stay this long,” he said.
Igitol said that Tasi Tours serves as the center or point of contact but they sub-contracted other services to other companies like transportation, parasailing, jet skiing, diving and all other marine sports, food catering, photography, and other services.
“We bring in the tourists from Japan, Korea and other countries, book them on tours to Managaha and our business associates take care of them,” he said.
Business associates
Tasi Tours’ business associates include vendors at Managaha Island like Pacific Subsea, Advance Marine Saipan, Inc., Aqua Connections, Inc., C.N. Lee International Co., Ltd., Fiesta Resort Hotel & Spa, Hi-Five Co., Ltd., Saipan Sunset Cruise, Inc., J.C. Tenorio Enterprises, Photo Gallery, Mirage Corp., Pacific Daiken, One Call Maintenance, Triple K Corp., Sea Star, Inc., J&K Marine Sports, Tropical Leisure Sports, Inc. and the Big Boyz.
Tasi also thanks the hotels who had been working with them to accommodate guests like Coral Ocean Point, Hafa Adai Hotel, Hyatt Regency Saipan, Kan Pacific Saipan, Ltd., Ken Aqua Resort Club, Pacific Islands Club, Saipan Grand Hotel, Saipan World Resort, The Palms Resort and Tinian Dynasty Hotel & Casino.
Tasi Tours’ partner agents are HIS Saipan, Inc., Pacific Development Inc., R&C Tours, Century Tours, Empress Tours & Services, and Top Development, Inc.
Tasi Tours will provide bus transportation from DFS to Pacific Subsea base and back. The ferry Coral Queen will leave the Pacific Subsea base for Managaha at 4:30 p.m.
For more information or inquiries on Tasi Tours’ services, Inc. call (670) 234-7148, fax (670) 235-7141, email [email protected] or visit visit www.tasi-tours.com.
