O le Guam Visitors Bureau (GVB) ua mitamita e toe faʻaigoaina le nofoaga tutotonu mo tagata asiasi e faʻamanatu se tasi o paionia a Guam i le atinaʻe o turisi. O le Norbert "Bert" R. Unpingco Visitor Center na tatalaina i le taimi o se sauniga faʻapitoa ia Tesema 18, 2018, i le ofisa autu o le GVB i le Pale San Vitores Road i Tumon.

Faʻailoa lauiloa o le "Mr. Guam Turisi, ”Unpingco fesoasoani i le atinaʻeina o Guam's tagata asiasi asiasi mai talu mai le 1970s. Ina ua iloa e Unpingco le mauaina o le "Discover America Award" mo lana galuega i le faalauiloaina o turisi i le laueleele tele o Amerika, na fai atu ai le Kovana Kovana Carlos G. Camacho ia te ia e toe foi i Guam e fesoasoani i le faalauiloaina o le motu. Mai iina, Unpingco na avea ma muamua GVB pule aoao, o loʻo ia te ia foi isi tulaga taua i totonu o le lautele, leai-faʻaputuga ma leai-polofesa avea ma faʻapotopotoga. I se faʻaopopoga, na ia fesoasoani e faʻamalosia polokalama e pei o le WAVE! (Faʻafeiloaʻia Tagata Asiasi Uiga ma le Faʻamalosi), lea na faʻamalosia ai tagata o le atunuʻu e talia le turisi.

Na tusia e le Senate Jim Espaldon se tulafono a le malo e amata ai le suiga aloaia i le toe faaigoaina o le nofoaga autu mo tagata asiasi, e faamamalu ai le galuega a Unpingco ma le naunautaiga i le motu.

"Ua ou fiafia ona o le toe faaigoaina na faia e faamamaluina ma faamamaluina Mr. Bert Unpingco - Mr. Turisi," fai mai Senador Espaldon. "Na ia aveina le håfa adai agaga i mea uma na ia alu i ai. O le alamanuia o loʻo i ai i aso nei ona o ia ma matou faʻafetai ia te ia mo le sefulu tausaga o lana tautua e atiaʻe Guam o se lalolagi-vasega taunuʻuga. "

Jim Espaldon (Senator of the 34th Guam Legislature), Dennis "DJ" Unpingco (grandson of Bert Unpingco), Pualei Unpingco (granddaughter of Bert Unpingco), Gloria Unpingco Santiago (daughter of Bert Unpingco), and Dennis Unpingco (son of Bert Unpingco ).

"Ina ua ou faatoa amata ona avea ma sui pule aoao o le Ofisa, e masani ona afe le uso o loʻu tama ia Bert ma e tele itula matou te talanoa ai e uiga i tagata tafafao maimoa, faapea foi ona manatu ma saofaga mo Guam. O lona naunautaʻiga o loʻo faaauau pea ona ola i galuega o loo tatou faia, ”o le saunoaga lea a le Peresetene ma le Pule Sili o le GVB, Nathan Denight. “O le toe faʻaigoaina o le nofoaga autu mo tagata asiasi mai e sili atu lona aafiaga ile faʻamanatuina o lona mafaufau ma le matafaioi na ia faia i le Guam's turisi pisinisi.”

Na maliu Unpingco i le 2017 i le 83 o ona tausaga. Na maliu lona toʻalua, Virginia Lujan Taitano Unpingco, lana fanau e toʻa 9 (Gloria, Bonnie, Dennis, Carlos, Therese, Jeanine, Evangeline, Billy, ma Raphael), ma le tele o fanau a lana fanau. ma fanau a fanau a fanau. Sa nofo o ia i le nuu o Sinajana.

OA MEA E AVEA MAI LENEI TUSI:

Senator Jim Espaldon authored a public law to initiate the formal change in renaming the visitor center to honor Unpingco's work and commitment to the island community.
“Renaming the visitor center has a greater impact in honoring his memory and the role he played in Guam's tourism industry.
The industry is where it's at today because of him and we thank him for his decades of service to develop Guam as a world-class destination.