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The 80s, 90s and noughties were very good years for Andalucía, during which it saw its infrastructure rapidly transformed. New roads, schools, hospitals and hotels were built, along with a high-speed train line from Sevilla to Madrid. The huge construction boom put money into many a working person’s pocket; Andalucía had never had it so good.

Tourism continues to be a major motor of the Andalusian economy, along with the construction industry, fuelled by ex-pats setting up home in the south and other foreigners buying holiday homes and flats. But the economic downturn has hit the region hard and Andalucía currently has an unemployment rate among its adult workforce of almost 35% – the highest in Spain – while among young people that percentage is almost double.

However, at the time of writing (spring 2016) there are signs that the building industry – a major part of the region’s beleaguered economy and a yardstick for the rest of the economy – is beginning to recover, and that a naturally optimistic people are beginning to believe that the worst is behind them. ¡Viva Andalucía!