With an initial investment of 320 million dollars, President Nayib Bukele placed yesterday, the first stone of the Pacific Airport, an infrastructure destined to become the future connection axis of the ambitious Bitcoin City. This aeronautical project, originally announced in 2018, promises to be operational within two years, marking a specific step towards its realization. On the other hand, Bitcoin City’s vision, presented with great expectation in 2021, is still involved in uncertainty, since to date no clear deadlines or tangible advances have been defined for this city designed for Bitcoiners.
“This airport is not just a clue, it is a door to development, tourism, investment and economic growth throughout the eastern zone,” said the president before an audience that included authorities, special guests and local inhabitants. Bukele stressed that The construction of the airport, which is already underway, will generate more than 10,000 jobs Direct and indirect in its first phase, with a projected impact of 300 million dollars in the first year upon receiving 300,000 passengers per year. “In 10 years, we expect 50,000 jobs and a growth of 1.5% of GDP every year,” he said.
During the ceremony in La Unión, the president stressed that this area, historically relegated, is living an unprecedented transformation with works already opened, others under construction and future plans that promise to change the lives of 1.2 million Salvadorans in the four eastern departments that make it up.
«It has always been said that it is not invested in the East. We arrived and did it. It is not a promise, it is a fact, ”said Bukele, stressing that his government has broken with decades of abandonment.
Bukele also advanced future plans, such as tourism development and Great investments not yet announced. “We are not counting the second and third phase of the airport, nor the investment that will come with the South City 2 road, nor what will reach San Miguel and other municipalities,” he said, projecting a growth of 1.5% annual GDP thanks to these initiatives In addition, he defended his economic approach: “You don’t live well as poor. Development brings well -being, and we are demonstrating it with facts, not words. ”
With this wave of projects, the government seeks to position the east of the country as an economic and tourist development pole, Breaking with the past of unfulfilled promises.
And the Bitcoin City for when?
Although the Pacific Airport was presented as a key complement to the development of the East, there was no mention of the Bitcoin City by Bukele. However, in the social network X, the reactions were swift. A user ironized: “I think it will be an airport Only for passengers who are citizens of Bitcoin City” While some ask they wonder where is Bitcoin City?, And others dream of the orange city.
Among those who comment on X, Corbin Keegan stands out, recognized as Bitcoin City’s first symbolic inhabitant. This pioneer digital currency enthusiast, who had temporarily returned to his country of origin, is back in El Salvador, motivated by the hope of seeing the first city in the world designed and built specifically for bitcoiners.
Keegan, who has closely followed the plans announced by President Nayib Bukele in 2021, represents a global community of dreamers who bet on a future in which Bitcoin becomes a lifestyle, a futuristic city fed by volcanic energy and tax free.