Industry focus in Guam and Micronesia
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This past weekend, the smell of ripe mangoes, barbecue, and local foods once again filled southern Guam as families, vendors, performers, and visitors gathered for one of the island’s most anticipated annual traditions: the Hågat Mango Festival. Live bands played throughout the afternoon while the crowds moved between food trucks, vendor booths, and family activities….
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Exploring Guam’s evolving tourism landscape through culture, community, and authentic storytelling. Hafa Adai & Mabuhay! My name is Megan Lastimoza, and I am honored to contribute to this blog shaped by Jungmin and Denzyl, who have helped spotlight Guam’s stories. I look forward to adding my own perspective as I explore the island’s evolving tourism…
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On a map, Guam is a speck, a comma in the Pacific sentence. For decades, though, it carried the improbable weight of a destination that promised forever: honeymoons that outshone Hawaii, shopping sprees gilded by tax-free indulgence, and beaches that seemed to bend toward the sky in a perpetual invitation. It was, for a time,…
On Guam, food is more than sustenance; it is memory, heritage, and community layered into every bite. The island’s CHamoru culinary traditions have long been celebrated through hearty meals shared at fiestas and family gatherings. Yet in recent years, it is not the large platters of red rice or barbecue that are catching global attention,…
Once upon a time, Guam was known as the honeymoon capital or the island of honeymoons. In the 1970s and 80s, newlyweds from Japan boarded short-haul flights not to Hawaii, but to this western Pacific outpost, a speck on the map that promised romance, leisure, and just enough exoticism. Hotels sprouted on Tumon Bay, and…
In the summer of 1967, a young man stepped off a plane on Guam carrying more hope than experience, trailed by seven of his college classmates from Japan. His name was Hidenobu “George” Takagi, and his plan was disarmingly simple: to grow tomatoes. The island, small and lush, seemed ready to provide. The local stores…
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