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Submission requirements for manuscripts sent to JTHE. No article processing charges.

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Author Requirements

JTHE accepts English-language manuscripts that advance tourism and sustainable development research. Authors should prepare manuscripts carefully before opening a Scholardemia submission.

Scholardemia journals do not charge article processing charges (APCs).

  • Manuscripts must be written in English and submitted through the Scholardemia JTHE submission workflow.
  • Submissions must be original, not previously published, and not under consideration by another journal.
  • Authors must include a title, abstract, keywords, author details, affiliations, and a corresponding author email.
  • Authors must disclose funding, conflicts of interest, ethics approval, data availability, and permissions where applicable.
  • Tables, figures, and supplementary material must be clearly labelled, cited in the text, and supplied with captions.
  • References must be complete, consistent, and sufficient for readers to locate cited work.

Manuscript Preparation

  • 1Research articles may be theoretical, conceptual, or empirical and should make a clear contribution to tourism and sustainable development research.
  • 2The manuscript file for review must be anonymised when the journal's review model requires it.
  • 3Author names, affiliations, acknowledgements, and identifying file metadata must be removed from the review file.
  • 4Authors are responsible for securing permission for any third-party material included in the submission.
  • 5Submissions that do not follow these requirements may be returned before peer review.

Authorship and Contributorship

  • Every listed author must have made a substantial scholarly contribution and approved the submitted and accepted versions.
  • Authors should describe contributions using CRediT roles where possible.
  • Requests to add, remove, or reorder authors after submission must be approved by all authors and explained to the editor before acceptance.
  • Ghost authorship, guest authorship, gift authorship, and undisclosed writing assistance are not permitted.

Subject Coverage

  • Development and policy.
  • Eco-tourism as a force for development.
  • Small and medium enterprises in tourism.
  • Tourism dependency, destination marketing, and tourism demand.
  • Tourism strategies and sustainable destination management.
  • Rural tourism, homestays, and cultural experiences.
  • Impacts of tourism on communities, cultures, economies, and environments.
  • Voluntourism, travel philanthropy, and community-based tourism.
  • Mountain tourism, wellness tourism, religious or spiritual tourism, and dark tourism.
  • Methodologies in tourism research.
  • Environmentalism, conservationism, and responsible travel policy.

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Submit manuscripts through the external Scholardemia workflow for JTHE.

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