ETG Response to Governor Anefal Regarding Proposed Tourism Development Project

Deng, Hong (2012-12-26). ETG Response to Governor Anefal Regarding Proposed Tourism Development Project (Report). Chengdu, China: Exhibition and Travel Group (ETG).

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Abstract: A formal letter dated December 26, 2012 from Deng Hong, Chairman of the Exhibition and Travel Group (ETG), responding to Yap State Governor Sebastian Anefal regarding concerns about the proposed tourism development project; acknowledges the Governor’s warning that the project faces increasing legal and public resistance and potential financial risk; asserts that ETG has conducted comprehensive studies and maintains confidence that the project will bring economic growth, employment opportunities, and increased government revenue to Yap State and the Federated States of Micronesia; states that ETG has already secured a foreign investment permit and established a local corporate entity; proposes scaling development into phased implementation beginning with core infrastructure including hotels, airport upgrades, utilities, and public facilities such as hospitals; pledges environmental protection and cultural preservation. This document represents ETG’s formal defense of the project at a moment of intensifying opposition in late 2012, illustrating the company’s attempt to reframe the project as phased, beneficial, and culturally sensitive.