Marbella has become a hub for remote working ever since the pandemic. With demand high a number of new co-working locations have popped up all over the town offering a variety of different spaces and facilities.
Some of the more luxury Marbella co-working spaces even have pools and social facilities available to users.
The digital nomad trend has been ignited by the combination of the pandemic and the digital revolution and Marbella is at the forefront of this trend in Spain.
The prospect of residing and working from any corner of the globe is no longer the preserve of a select few tech industry professionals; now, a multitude of employees and managers across various sectors have taken up the expatriate lifestyle.
Annually produced by the real estate consultancy firm Savills, the Executive Nomad Index report ranks the most appealing cities or regions worldwide for remote workers at the executive level. This index centres its attention squarely on peripatetic executives.
For the inaugural time, Malaga city has claimed the second spot on this list, trailing only Dubai and surpassing Barcelona and Palma de Mallorca.
Within Malaga, Marbella is leading the way with new co-working locations becoming available.
The roster of the top twenty global destinations for remote work encompasses: Dubai, Malaga, Miami, Abu Dhabi, Lisbon, Barbados, Barcelona, Palma de Mallorca, Algarve, Saint Lucia, the Cayman Islands, Dubrovnik, Malta, Antigua, the Côte d’Azur, Mauritius, Athens, Cyprus, the Bahamas, and Tuscany.
Malaga’s newfound prominence, attributed to Google’s investment in the city and its ripple effects on other multinational corporations (such as Vodafone, Citi, and Globant, among numerous others), stands as a pivotal factor behind its remarkable entry into this international ranking.
However, beyond the apparent buzz, the city presents compelling grounds for drawing in the “swell of executives transformed into digital nomads since the pandemic,” as cited in the report.