Costa del Sol increase in popularity through the decade. This trend coincided with rapid industrial growth in Málaga and the decline of dependence on the agricultural sector, although growth in the general economy of Spain slowed almost to a standstill after 1973. As rapid development proceeded on the Costa del Sol, and the influx of expatriate retirees from northern European countries, notably Great Britain, increased during the late 1970s and 1980s, it has since then sometimes been referred to in the press of the United Kingdom as the "Costa del Crime", because British criminals would escape justice at home by moving there to
Paloma del Sol Expo '92 and that same year participated in the OTI Festival with their aunt Piruchi Apo. Since then they formed the duo "Hijas del Sol". Since their separation in 2006, Paloma decided to take a musical break and focused on other facets, such as painting and writing. He made several pictorial exhibitions and wrote her first book, "Cuentos Africanos". She also toured the Canary Islands as a storyteller, giving stories from her country. As a painter, Paloma del Sol began in 1995, when she began to express her intimate perceptions, her most personal sensations. Dove paints with mineral images about