Call for Papers: Sustainable Tourism in Urban Destinations

A Themed Edition of International Journal of Tourism Cities

Editors: Dr. Jonathon Day, Purdue University | Prof Alastair Morrison, Purdue University | Assoc Prof Andres Coca-Stefaniak, University of Greenwich

Theme: With the growth of cities and the increasing urban tourism, the sustainability of urban tourism systems has never been more important. Traditionally, research on sustainable tourism has focused on issues in rural and natural locations but the principles of sustainable tourism can – and must – be applied to cities and urban metropolises.

Sustainable tourism practices incorporate a broad range of activities. This Themed Issue of IJTC invites authors to address topics from holistic approaches addressing city-wide initiatives to research addressing specific challenges in bringing greater sustainability to urban destinations. Sustainable urban destinations face unique challenges and it is our goal with this Themed Issue of IJTC is to highlight the range of tourism related-research being undertaken to improve the sustainability of urban centers. 

Topics: We invite papers which engage with Sustainable Tourism in Urban Destinations in the following topics (indicative but not exhaustive themes):

  • Sustainable tourism management in the city
  • Governance and sustainable tourism
  • Environmental performance of tourism businesses
  • Corporate social responsibility in urban destinations
  • Social entrepreneurship in the city
  • Tourism and social justice in urban destinations
  • Diversity, inclusion and urban tourism
  • Urban tourism contributions to SDGs
  • The role of smart cities as catalysts for sustainable tourism
  • Regenerative tourism
  • Transformational tourism
  • The role of destination management organizations (DMOs) in facilitating sustainable tourism in cities
  • Urban tourism destinations as socio-economic ecosystems
  • Climate change strategies and planning in urban tourism destinations
  • Roles of NGOs and the third sector in sustainable urban destinations
  • Community resident roles in sustainable urban destinations

Submissions: For journal author guidelines, Click here

Pre-submission drafts for a desk assessment and feedback by the editors should be sent to Assoc. Prof. J. Andres Coca-Stefaniak (a.coca-stefaniak@greenwich.ac.uk).

Important Dates:

  • Interested authors should email their abstract/proposal (200-300 words) to J. Andres Coca-Stefaniak (a.coca-stefaniak@gre.ac.uk) by Dec 31, 2019
  • Authors notified of the decision on their abstracts/proposals no later than January 15, 2020
  • Full articles (6,000-8,000 words) should be submitted by March 31 2020.

Online submissions of full articles (but not abstracts/proposals) are required at: https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/ijtc

The format of guidelines is provided on the journal webpage

All manuscripts will undergo anonymous peer review.

Jonathon Day
drjonday@gmail.com
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