Ua koho ʻia ʻo Marianas Visitors Authority, ka luna hoʻomalu ʻo Perry Tenorio i ka Papa Kūkākūkā Kaʻahele a me ka Hoʻokele ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa e ke kākau ʻōlelo kalepa ʻo Gary Locke. Ua koho ʻia ʻo Tenorio no ke kūlana ma Kepakemapa, 2009 e US Congressman Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan.
"Mahalo nui wau i ke Kakauolelo Locke no ka ʻae ʻana i kaʻu manaʻo a hāʻawi i ka leo o ka ʻĀpana Mariana Akau ma ka Papa," wahi a Kilili. "He hanohano kēia no Mr. Tenorio a e hāʻawi i kā mākou ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi i ka ʻike nui a me ka mana i ka hoʻokumu ʻana i nā kulekele mākaʻikaʻi aupuni."
ʻO ka papa he 29 mau lālā e hōʻike ana i kahi ʻāpana o ka ʻoihana huakaʻi a me ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi US me nā mea i koho ʻia mai ka lawe ʻana a me nā lawelawe kālā, mai nā ʻoihana hōkele a me nā hale ʻaina, a mai nā wahi ʻāina like ʻole o ka ʻāina.
Ma waena o nā lālā o ka papa ʻo Richard Anderson, ka luna hoʻokele nui o Delta Airlines, kekahi o nā hoa mākaʻikaʻi koʻikoʻi o ka Northern Mariana Islands.
Aia ma luna o ka moku ʻo Chuck Floyd, ka hope pelekikena hoʻokō a me ka luna hoʻokele nui o ka Global Hyatt Corporation.
I ka hoʻolaha ʻana i nā koho ma Wakinekona i ka Pōʻalua, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Locke: "ʻO ke olakino a me ke kūpaʻa o ka huakaʻi a me ka ʻoihana huakaʻi e hoʻopā i nā wahi āpau a pili i ka hana a me ka ikaika o ka ʻāina. Manaʻo wau e hana pū me ka Travel and Tourism Board e hoʻomohala i nā kulekele e hiki ke kōkua i ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana i nā ʻAmelika e hana i kēia ʻāpana koʻikoʻi.
ʻO ke kuleana nui o ka Papa Kūkākūkā ʻo ia ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka ʻōlelo aʻo i ke kākau ʻōlelo e pili ana i nā kulekele aupuni a me nā papahana e pili ana i ka ʻoihana huakaʻi a me ka ʻoihana huakaʻi US. Hāʻawi pū ka papa i kahi ʻaha kūkā no ke kūkākūkā ʻana a me ke noi ʻana i nā hoʻonā i nā pilikia pili i ka ʻoihana.
ʻO nā Kakauolelo o ka Mokuʻāina, Homeland Security, a me Transport e lawelawe ma ka papa ma ke ʻano he lālā ex-officio, ʻaʻole koho balota.
"ʻO ka mākaʻikaʻi ka ʻoihana koʻikoʻi ma ka ʻĀpana Mariana ʻĀkau," wahi a Kilili. “E loaʻa iā mākou i kēia manawa ka luna hoʻokele o ko mākou Visitors Authority e launa pū me kekahi o nā ʻoihana koʻikoʻi o ka ʻoihana. E kōkua ana ʻo Mr. Tenorio i ke Kakauolelo Locke e hoʻoholo i kahi o ka US Commerce Department e hoʻolilo i kāna mau kumuwaiwai e kākoʻo i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka mākaʻikaʻi. A ke manaʻolana nei mākou e kuhikuhi ʻia ka nui o ia mau kumuwaiwai i ko mākou ʻāpana o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. He hopena maikaʻi loa kēia koho e hoʻoikaika i ka mākaʻikaʻi ma Northern Marianas.
E lawelawe ana ka papa hou mai ka makahiki 2010 a i ka makahiki 2011. E hoʻonohonoho ka 'Oihana Kalepa i ka hālāwai hoʻomaka o ka papa i nā pule e hiki mai ana.
