Ibiza

The last "invasion" Ibiza has undergone in its recent history is from tourism, which has become the island's main industry. The 1970's marked the start of a transformation that is still going on. The arrival of many hippies in the 1970s was part of an important cultural change to the island which had begun with the arrival of a large number of refugee artists from Central Europe during the Second World War. All these factors have given Ibiza the cosmopolitan and multi-ethnic character that it continues to develop nowadays, and have played a part in shaping the island’s history.

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