The event will draw the participation of tourist-oriented investors, he added.
Fitial will promote CNMI as a tourist destination for Chinese travelers, Demapan said.
“While he is there, and in an effort to further promote the commonwealth, Governor Fitial will also make himself available to any investors that may express interest to do business in the CNMI,” Demapan said.
In these challenging times, he added, the governor continues to “embrace all potential investments that will prove beneficial to enhancing and reinvigorating our ailing economy.”
Fitial is expected to be back at the end of this week, Demapan said.
This is the fifth time the governor left the commonwealth this year.
In February, he was in Washington, D.C., to attend the National Governors Association’s Winter Meeting and meet with the heads of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Customs and Border Protection, and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. He extended his trip to March 2, for a medical checkup.
In July, the governor left for a three-week trip that started in Nagoya, Japan where he had a coronary angiogram. He then headed to San Francisco, California to attend the Region 9 Federal Regional Council meeting before going to Washington, D.C., to testify in a congressional hearing.
He also went to Utah to attend the National Governors Association Annual Meeting.
Last month, Fitial left again for Fairbanks, Alaska where he was invited as a guest speaker in the 6th Annual Renewable Energy Fair there. He then proceeded to San Diego, California to meet with some officials of the U.S. Department of Justice.
Earlier this month Fitial went to Noumea, New Caledonia to present CNMI’s bid to host the 2017 Pacific Mini Games. Vanuatu was selected, however.
Demapan said whenever the governor is off-island, it is mostly for official business critical to the CNMI. These include meetings with federal officials to discuss issues facing the commonwealth and meetings with potential investors.
“I think that is something that we need. Given the state of the economy, the governor extensively reaches out to lure investors here as much as we can,” Demapan said.
