Meanwhile pundits are commenting on the Costa Del Sol's reliance on the tourism trade
, with many foreigner living in Costa del Sol villas, and renting them out to other holiday makers who bring over a billion Euros with them each year. With a struggling economy and desire to attract more visitors to the area and buyers to properties in one of Europe's most overdeveloped areas, many have suggested that similar consideration would serve to attract more Europeans, so far alienated from the area. Yet serving as a popular ritual here, it seems too embellished within the Andaluca identity.