Dear colleagues:

It is a pleasure to present the celebration of the II City of Melilla Tourism Forum face-to-face from October 4th to 7th.

The forum is organized around seven thematic symposia where a wide group of professionals will talk about cruise tourism, the problem of connectivity, European projects on Tourism, Tourism and Society, experiences on Tourism, digitization - sustainability, gastronomy and enology. Next to these symposia, parallel sessions of different communications are organized.

The realization of this forum will be in person. The trip and accommodation costs of the attendees will be supported by the Conference (up to €400 of funding per attendee in concept of transportation and accommodation. The number of people receiving this funding will depend on the availability of funds). At the time the attendees are going to formalize their registration, they will be informed through HERMES if they get the funding. To access it, it is required:

1. Registering at the following link from July 3th (registration instructions appear there): https://forms.gle/d352ZoL5RSzCrj2ZA

2. Paying the registration fee (proof of payment must be attached when registering): ❖ Early registration: July 3th-September 8th: €80. ❖ Late registration: September 09-17: €120.

3. Making the request for the grant. The submission of applications will be carried out through the Generic Application procedure of the UGR Electronic Register (https://sede.ugr.es/procs/Solicitud-generica-para-la-UGR/). The request will be addressed to the Dean of Facultad de Ciencias Sociales y Jurídicas in Melilla. Optionally, a short abstract between 250 and 300 words of the communication that you intend to present at the Forum (if applicable) in Spanish or English, may be sent in the registration form. To get the grant, the registration order will be considered and preference will be given to attendees who present communication.

Regardless of whether an abstract has been sent in the registration form, whoever wishes to send a communication must submit it through the following link: https://forms.gle/yHcWZWUgwanmxM2j8 (also available on the website). Communications may be submitted by September 3th at 11:59 p.m. (CET), with a work- in-progress format of a maximum of 4,500 words. And it should be included in the following tracks: 1. Dimensions of change in tourism today 2. Dimensions of change in leisure tourism 3. Tourism and leisure industries 4. Critical issues in tourism and leisure studies

The accepted communications may be included as a book chapter in the influential editorial Dykinson S.L. (Q1 SPI). A period to change/adapt the book chapter, once evaluated in the congress, will be given. The template with the formatting conditions can be downloaded from the official website of the III Forum. And once it is filled out, it must be sent to smoral@ugr.es

The acceptance of the communications to be presented in the Forum will take place around September 20th, and the author who has sent the communication and paid the registration will be informed of the acceptance.

Should you require any more information about this forum; please write to foroturismomelilla@ugr.es or check the Conference website: https://foroturismomelilla.