Focus and Scope

Scope and Topics

The journal welcomes high-quality original research articles, critical literature reviews, and empirical case studies that offer significant contributions to the following thematic areas:

• Sustainable & Eco-Tourism: Environmental conservation in tourism, carrying capacity, green hospitality management, climate change adaptation in travel, and nature-based tourism dynamics.
  
  
• Cultural & Heritage Tourism: Preservation of tangible and intangible cultural heritage, indigenous tourism, the sociology of tourism, authenticity vs. cultural commodification, and creative/arts tourism.
  
  
• Community-Based Tourism (CBT) & Empowerment: Socio-economic impacts of tourism, poverty alleviation through local enterprise, rural and agritourism, and frameworks for active local community participation and profit-sharing.
  
  
• Destination Planning, Policy, and Management: Tourism governance, crisis management and post-disaster recovery, sustainable destination marketing, and the alignment of tourism policies with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
  
  
• Technology & Innovation in Tourism: Smart tourism destinations, digital preservation of cultural heritage, the impact of the sharing economy (e.g., Airbnb), and the use of big data and GIS in destination planning.