Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events

Although tourism has become one of the main economic activities worldwide, which has generated significant economic impacts, in recent years the need to analyze other aspects such as the environmental and sociocultural impacts generated by tourism has been highlighted. Indeed, there is a widespread view that it is necessary to analyze the sustainability of tourism activity, so it is necessary to take into account not only the economic benefits.

The analysis of this economic activity must take into account that the impacts generated by tourism occur at the regional level, with the exception of some micro-states or island states where they occur at the country level. However, few studies in the scientific literature have focused on analyzing the relationship between tourism sustainability and regional development.

In this context, the proposal of this special issue, taking advantage of this deficit in the scientific literature, presents an opportunity for the publication of articles that analyze the relationship between tourism sustainability and regional development. These papers will allow the generation of knowledge around the development of sustainable tourism, which will allow the development of policies, planning and management tools that allow achieving regional development. The results of these works are undoubtedly useful to the managers of tourist destinations in their search for ways to promote regional development.

As such, we invite you to submit contributions with different innovative elements relating to the relationship between tourism sustainability and regional development.

Suggested topics include (but not limited to):

• Relationship between tourism, regional development and sustainability.
• Sustainability in the transformation of tourism into regional development.
• The economics of sustainable tourism and implications to public policy
• Environmental impacts on the relationship of tourism with regional development.
• Tourism and sustainable economic development.
• Role of sustainable tourism on socio-economic development.
• Sustainable regional development and public policies.
• Sustainable tourism indicators.

• This special issue is subject to the following submission and review procedures:
• Authors should submit an abstract (up to 500 words excluding the reference list) directly to the guest editors via email (Juan Gabriel Brida, gabriel.brida@fcea.edu.uy and Pablo Juan Cárdenas-García, [email protected]).
• Abstracts must include: aim, data and methods used, actual or foreseen outcome contributions to the field, and a reference list.
• Authors of accepted abstracts will be invited to submit full papers.
• Full papers must be submitted online through the Taylor & Francis submission site of the Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure & Events. Please select “Special Issue: " Economic Policy research in tourism sustainability and regional development" for your submission. Full author publication guidelines may be found at: https://www.tandfonline.com/action/authorSubmission?show=instructions&journalCode=rprt20
• All full papers submitted will be referred through a double-blind review process.
• Based on the reviewers’ recommendation, the guest editors and the Editor-in-Chief will decide whether a particular submission should be accepted as it is, revised and resubmitted, or rejected.

Submission of the abstract implies: that the work described has not been published before; that it is not under consideration for publication anywhere else; and that its publication has been approved by all co-authors, if any, as well as by the responsible authorities – tacitly or explicitly – at the institute where the work has been carried out. The publisher will not be held legally responsible should there be any claims for compensation.

 DEADLINES

• Abstract Submissions: September 30^th, 2023
• Abstract Decisions: will be provided October 15^th, 2023
• Full Paper Submissions: no later than October 31^st, 2023
• Reviews and Decisions: December 31^st, 2023

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