Su Majestad el Rey en su intervención señaló "...Tourism is a key driver of global economic and social development. I am quite sure none of us here believes otherwise. The records of sustained growth and job creation in its many subsectors and activities shown in recent decades are a hard proof of such assertion. For certain places —cities, regions or even some countries—, tourism is the main economic activity providing wellbeing for their inhabitants; hence it has also become their main resource...", continuó Don Felipe destacando que "...but for as much as we value these positive material facts about Tourism, there is something more to say or highlight in its favour, not so measurable but equally beneficial: That it is also a driver of human development, because it enables citizens from different regions and countries to meet, to interact and to share their experiences. It easily and soon becomes a process of mutual enrichment through the discovery of different cultures and the appreciation of human diversity and common values".