Small towns on Costa Blanca are expanding due to the foreigners. For example, the population of Santa Pola has grown by 52% over the last decade, according to ee24.com citing espanarusa.com.
This is a common practice for settlements in Alicante. The population of the village of Gran Alacant, the favorite destination of tourists from Britain and Scandinavia, has grown by 24% in just two years. Along with the population growth goes the infrastructure development, when in addition to the necessary for seasonal life restaurants, shops and banks such important institutions for year-round living as kindergartens, schools and sports facilities, are added.
As practice shows, the crisis failed to slow down the growth of population in the coastal cities, which is provided not only by the local birth rate, but by the arrival of wealthy immigrants from the Nordic countries.