IGuam Visitors Bureau (GVB) ngokuzingca ilithiye ngokutsha iziko labatyeleli ukuze inike imbeko komnye woovulindlela baseGuam kushishino lokhenketho. I-Norbert "Bert" R. Unpingco Visitor Centre yatyhilwa ngexesha lomsitho okhethekileyo ngoDisemba 18, 2018, kwikomkhulu le-GVB ecaleni kwePale San Vitores Road eTumon.
Eyaziwa ngokuba “nguMnu. UKhenketho lwaseGuam,” i-Unpingco incedise ekuphuhliseni ishishini labatyeleli eGuam ukusukela ngeminyaka yoo-1970. Emva kokufunda i-Unpingco ifumene i-"Discover America Award" ngomsebenzi wakhe wokukhuthaza ukhenketho kwilizwe lase-US, owayesakuba yiRhuluneli uCarlos G. Camacho wamcela ukuba abuyele eGuam ukuze ancede ekukhuthazeni isiqithi. Ukusuka apho, i-Unpingco yaba ngumphathi jikelele wokuqala we-GVB, ekwabambe nezinye izikhundla eziphambili kuluntu, i-non-stock kunye ne-non-profit corporation yobulungu. Ukongeza, wanceda ukuqinisa iinkqubo ezifana ne-WAVE! (Wamkelekile Zonke Iindwendwe Ngenzondelelo), nto leyo ekhuthaze abantu basekuhlaleni ukuba balwamkele ukhenketho.
USenator uJim Espaldon ubhale umthetho woluntu ukuba uqalise utshintsho olusesikweni ekuthiyweni ngokutsha kweziko labatyeleli ukuhlonipha umsebenzi ka-Unpingco nokuzibophelela kuluntu lwesiqithi.
“Ndiyavuya kuba olu tshintsho lwenzeka ngenjongo yokuhlonipha nokubhiyozela uMnu. Bert Unpingco – uMnu. Tourism,” utshilo uSenator Espaldon. Wayephethe umoya we-håfa adai naphi na apho wayesiya khona. Umzi-mveliso ukhoyo namhlanje ngenxa yakhe kwaye siyambulela ngamashumi eminyaka enkonzo yakhe yokuphuhlisa iGuam njengendawo ekumgangatho wehlabathi.
“Ukuqala kwam ukuba ngusekela-manejala-jikelele weQumrhu, uMalume uBert wayedla ngokumana esiza kwaye sasichitha iiyure sithetha ngokhenketho, kunye neengcinga negalelo lakhe eGuam. Uthando lwakhe lusaqhubeka nomsebenzi esiwenzayo,” utshilo uMongameli we-GVB kunye ne-CEO uNathan Denight. “Ukuthiya ngokutsha indawo yeendwendwe kunempembelelo enkulu ekuhlonipheni inkumbulo yakhe kunye nendima ayidlalileyo kushishino lwezokhenketho lwaseGuam.”
U-Unpingco wasweleka ngo-2017 eneminyaka eyi-83. Ushiya inkosikazi yakhe, uVirginia Lujan Taitano Unpingco, abantwana bakhe abayi-9 (uGloria, uBonnie, uDennis, uCarlos, uTherese, uJeanine, uEvangeline, uBilly, noRaphael), kunye nabazukulwana abaninzi. kunye nabantwana babazukulwana. Wayehlala kwilali yaseSinajana.