Piñero says air connectivity opened Samaná to the world
Encarna Piñero is clear about it. Air connectivity has been the engine that opened Samaná to the world, she said as part of a strategy that began two decades ago on the peninsula. The Piñero group's investment bet on the area cannot be understood without the flights that came to sustain it, as Arecoa reports.
The reading is simple. Samaná went from a niche destination to competing head-to-head with Punta Cana and Puerto Plata on the international map. Without stable air routes, no resort holds up. Connectivity is not a decoration for a destination, it is its basic infrastructure. And that truth works just as well for La Romana, Barahona or any hub aiming to grow.
The detail matters for the sector: every new flight to Samaná translates into hotel occupancy, local jobs and foreign currency for the State. The lesson for MITUR and investors is direct. Without seats, there are no occupied beds. And in a country that lives off tourism, that means real money.
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