They also gave consideration to the Manila Declaration on World Tourism, and The Hague Declaration on Tourism. The Forum was a follow-up to a conference in 1989 at The Hague which resulted in the adoption of The Hague Declaration on Tourism. The Cadiz Forum was targeted to all levels of government officials who make the decisions that affect tourism. More than 465 delegates from 72 countries were in attendance. Divided into three sections, the Forum included protecting the environment in its primary session.
Hotels form one of the largest aspects of the tourism industry.
The company s strong commitment to Eco-tourism lead it to become the first hotel chain to produce an environmental operations manual in 1991. It encourages its hotels and resorts to, whenever possible, choose methods that will be least damaging to the environment. The policy is based on the reduce, reuse, and recycle principle. The points of the Commitment are to conserve natural resources, to select products from environmentally responsible sources, to minimize waste, to acknowledge the different regional needs, to identify ways to participate in local environmental efforts, and to develop awareness of environmental issues. The Inter-Continental hotels in Spain are the Princesa Sofia in Barcelona and the Castellana in Madrid.