Aims and Scope

The Journal of Eco-Cultural Tourism, Hospitality Planning and Development is a leading tourism journal, which advances critical understanding of the relationships between tourism and sustainable development. It publishes theoretical, conceptual, and empirical research that explores one or more of the cultural, or environmental aspects of the subject. Critical views and perspectives are encouraged, as well as new ideas and approaches in relation to the theory and practice linking tourism and sustainability. Ecotourism is responsible travel to natural areas that conserves the environment, sustains the well-being of the local people, and involves interpretation and education. Ecotourism is about uniting conservation, communities, and sustainable travel. Minimize physical, social, behavioral, and psychological impacts.

Topics:

The journal publishes original papers including but not limited to the following fields:

  • Agritourism

  • Culinary tourism

  • Cultural tourism

  • Extreme tourism

  • Geotourism

  • Heritage tourism

  • Medical tourism

  • Nautical tourism

  • Pop-culture tourism

  • Religious tourism

  • Build environmental and cultural awareness

  • Private club management

  • Restaurant management

  • Beverage management

  • Marketing management

  • Human resource management

  • Managing guests expectations and experiences

  • Intriguing case examples

  • Consumer behavior

  • Managing cultural diversity in the workplace and consumer markets

  • The interrelationship between hospitality and tourism

  • Information technology

  • Strategic alliances

  • Security and safety

  • Resident attitudes toward tourism and host quality of life

  • Airline industry

  • Analytics management

  • Bar/night club operations and management

  • Biometric applications/identification

  • Computer reservations system (CRS)

  • Cruise lines

  • Cyber Security

  • Destination Marketing

  • Electronic communication technologies

  • Electronic word-of-mouth

  • E-marketplaces, electronic distribution channels, intermediaries

  • Entrepreneurship

  • E-Training

  • E-travel

  • Globalization

  • Hotel Management

  • Luxury services

  • Media influence on tourism

  • Medical Tourism

  • Mobile tourism apps

  • Operations Management

  • Platform-based events management

  • Risk Management

  • Social media’s impact

  • Space tourism development and operation

  • Spatial behavior of tourists

  • Sustainable tourism development

  • Tourism Management

  • Travel Agencies

  • Travel blogs

  • Travel planning

  • Virtual tourism

  • Yield management

  • Tourists culture and behavior

  • Consumer behavior and trends in tourism, leisure and hospitality

  • Cultural heritage, festivals, art and creative industries

  • Cultural anthropology, sociology, ethnography

  • Marketing practices in tourism and hospitality, and how this relates to cultures

  • Destination identity, culture and marketing

  • Consumer behavior insights from social media and big data

  • Destinations sustainable development and culture

  • Tourism geography, mobilities, migration, place

  • Religious tourism and pilgrimage, cultural routes

  • Tourism and hospitality promotion, branding, positioning

  • The role of culture in sport tourism and events

  • Coastal, rural, mountain and urban tourism studies

  • Alternative and contested representation of consumer behavior in tourism and hospitality.