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Episode: Post-COVID tourism slowly recovers in Saipan, backed by South Korean visitors
Description: Tourism on the island of Saipan in the Western Pacific is gradually picking up after taking a massive hit during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Once a popular option for Japanese tourists, Korean holidaymakers now account for the majority of visitors to this laid-back resort destination. Turquoise seas, white sandy beaches and palm treesβit looks like a picture postcard from a tropical idyll. No wonder the economy of Saipan relies heavily on tourism.
Saipan is the largest island and capital of the Northern Marianas, a territory of the United States.
The COVID-19 pandemic almost spelled disaster for this rural Western Pacific is...