Ricote is a Spanish municipality in the autonomous community of Murcia.

Govert Westerveld [3] and Francisco Márquez Villanueva[4] believe that the name of the Morisco character Ricote in Don Quixote is derived from the village.

[7][8] 48.21 agreements were written for jobs in agriculture and fishing sector in 2019, and 35.16% were signed by crop lands labourers in the second half of 2016.

Thanks to apps like booking.com, airbnb, and Spaniards' desire to vacation without neighbours this region of Spain has experienced a small boom in its economy.

As well since 2020 the building industry has taken notice of the post covid trend to build bedroom communities in the Ricote valley where Murcia residents live all year, not just on weekends or summer.