Abinader inspects the new Cibao airport terminal

President Luis Abinader visited the construction site of the new terminal at Cibao International Airport, as reported by Arecoa. It is one of those projects that never make Punta Cana headlines, yet it holds up a good part of the Dominican tourism map.

Santiago does not live off all-inclusive resorts. It lives off business travel, family visits, an inland tourism segment that has been growing quietly for years, and a flow of passengers using Cibao as a gateway to the northern region: Puerto Plata, Jarabacoa, the coffee trail. A new terminal is not just concrete and glass. It means more capacity to receive flights, more possible routes and more tax revenue for a province that already carries real weight in the economy.

The reading is clear. Every airport upgrade in the interior brings tourism closer to communities that do not depend on the beach to create jobs. Worth watching the timelines and, above all, which airlines decide to shift routes toward Cibao once the facility is operational.