Importance of an Airport to the Community

¶ … Miami International Airport to the Community

Infrastructure is known worldwide to define the levels of development of any country and also used as an indicator of development of a nation. Many countries invest massive amounts to put their infrastructure in place and of late, the bigger and better the infrastructure, the higher the pride the nation takes in showcasing them to the entire world. Effectively, infrastructures have moved from being just basic service to the citizens, to the source of pride of the nation abroad.

The Miami international airport is a central infrastructure that has helped put the region on the world map when it comes to air transportation and travel. Due to the massive size and the technologically up-to-date aspects found within the airport, the infrastructure has attracted attention from across the nation. Having such an investment within the community is beneficial in many ways o the people living within the region as they are the immediate beneficiaries of the investment before the fringe benefits spread out to other parts of the country, hence the pride of the region an the priced property that the community needs to help maintain and improve it.

The levels of employment at the airport is high and a big percentage of the employees within the airport come from Miami hence acting as a significant center for the improvement of the life and livelihood of the people of Miami. The trickle down effect of the benefits derived from the employment within the airport is felt in the form of the families they support and other people who depend on the airport employees. This means as long as the airport remains operational and open, there will be more than just the employees benefiting from the infrastructure.

The airport also acts as a significant commercial activity center for the Miami community who are given the chances to open up business within the precincts of the airport. As the airport receives visitors from allover the world, the small businesses within benefit by supplying the visitors with what they would like to shop for as they leave the region or even as they arrive for their businesses or holidays. Apart from the small businesses within the arrival and departure lobbies of the airport, the visitors also come through the airport for business which creates an economic boost to the region further making the infrastructure and inalienable part of the Miami community.

Yet another reason to keep our airport open and well maintained is the social aspect of it, the airport connects the people of Miami to the world. There are numerous visitors who come to Miami for the beaches and other tourism sites and the airport acts as a social site or venue where they connect with the locals who help them with the knowledge of the region for the time they will be spending in Miami.it would be absolutely hard to meet the new people to the region elsewhere except at the point of entrance, hence the Miami community needs to maintain the airport and keep it open.

There are economic benefits that the airport brings to the surrounding area bearing that the Miami largely depends on the foreign cash inflow through the tourism sector in the region. The access to region would be hampered with the closure of the airport and in effect harm the large tourism farms all the way to the small vendors by the beach. The number of businesses in the sorrowing region that derive their survival line from the airport are enormous hence the airport cats as a business entry point for Miami region.

The proximity of Miami to the Southern America region presents a unique opportunity for Miami and the presence of large international corporations like the FedEx, Cisco and Sony is an indication of the access to the international market (Advameg Inc., 2008). To properly harness the opportunities presented by the international trade that use Miami as the arrival and departure point, the community needs to continuously improve the airport to the needed latest standards to keep the corporations attracted to it hence benefiting the region even more. It is incumbent on the people of Miami to ensure that the environment surrounding the airport is also to the international standards and the air is fresh and clear in order not to divert some international flights to other regions.