International Journal of Tourism Policy
- Editor in Chief
- Prof. Konstantinos Andriotis
- ISSN online
- 1750-4104
- ISSN print
- 1750-4090
- 4 issues per year
- CiteScore 2020 1.2

IJTP provides a forum for scholars and policy makers to exchange views and ideas at an international level on key issues that shape the growth of today's tourism industry. IJTP takes the view that tourism activity takes place within a socio-cultural, political, economic and environmental context. Therefore, groups involved with tourism need to be sensitive to emerging issues which may affect the industry and future policy-making.
Topics covered include
- Advances in tourism policy-making
- Tourism development and planning
- Public administration of tourism development
- Local government role and responses to tourism development
- European Union policies in tourism
- Tourism education and its role in managing tourism development
- Tourism research and methodology
- Terrorism, safety and security in tourism
- Economic/social/environmental/cultural impact of tourism
- Cross-cultural differences
- Sustainable tourism
- Alternative and special forms of tourism
- Industry's role in managing growth
- Future of tourism
- Globalisation and tourism
Objectives
IJTP’s key objective is to present the latest multidisciplinary set of views on tourism. It also aims to contribute towards a deeper understanding of international tourism and disseminate this knowledge by providing insights into developments, issues and methods in tourism research essential to theoretical understanding and practice. IJTP will be international in scope and will publish high-quality refereed articles.
Readership
The intended readership covers a wide range of groups involved in the tourism industry. IJTP will provide a platform for debate and will contribute towards the dissemination of knowledge amongst academics, researchers, government departments, non-governmental organisations, consultants, policy-makers and planners in the field of tourism.
Contents
IJTP publishes theoretical papers, empirical papers, policy-related papers, case studies and book reviews. Special issues of the journal will also be produced in which selected papers from tourism conferences will be published.
IJTP is indexed in:
- Scopus (Elsevier)
- Academic OneFile (Gale)
- CAB Abstracts - Agriculture and International Development Indexes
- CAB Animal Sciences
- CAB Abstracts - Environmental Sciences Indexes
- CAB Abstracts - Human Sciences Abstracts
- CAB Abstracts - Leisure and Tourism Abstracts
- cnpLINKer (CNPIEC)
- CIRET
- Geobase (Elsevier)
- CAB Global Health
- Google Scholar
- Info Trac (Gale)
- J-Gate
- ProQuest Advanced Technologies Database with Aerospace
- AiIG - Italian Association of Management Engineering
IJTP is listed in:
- Agenzia Nazionale di Valutazione del sistema Universitario e della Ricerca (ANVUR)
- Australian Business Deans Council Journal Rankings List
Editor in Chief
- Andriotis, Konstantinos, Middlesex University, UK
(k.andriotismdx.ac.uk)
Editors
- Falk, Martin, University of South-Eastern Norway and Shanghai Lixin University of Accounting and Finance, China
- Tang, Chor Foon, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
Book Review Editor
- Boukas, Nikolaos, European University Cyprus, Cyprus
Research Notes Editor
- Stylidis, Dimitrios, Middlesex University London, UK
Regional Editor Africa
- Saayman, Andrea, North-West University, South Africa
Regional Editor Asia
- Rasoolimanesh, S. Mostafa, Taylor's University, Malaysia
Regional Editor Europe
- Mihalic, Tanja, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Regional Editor Latin America
- Monterrubio, Carlos, Autonomous University of the State of Mexico, Mexico
Regional Editor North America
- Slocum, Susan, George Mason University, USA
Editorial Board Members
- Brida, Juan Gabriel, Universidad de la República, Italy
- Cloquet, Isabelle, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
- Font, Xavier, University of Surrey, UK
- Iankova, Katia, Higher Colleges of Technology, United Arab Emirates
- Isabella, Frochot, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, France
- Jamal, Tazim, Texas A&M University, USA
- Lee, Yong-Ki, Sejong University, South Korea
- Moufakkir, Omar, Gulf University for Science and Technology, Kuwait
- Pforr, Christof, Curtin University of Technology, Australia
- Ram, Yael, Ashkelon Academic College, Israel
- Ruhanen, Lisa, The University of Queensland, Australia
- Seetanah, Boopen, University of Mauritius, Mauritius
- Shani, Amir, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
- Webster, Craig, Ball State University, USA
- Weidenfeld, Adi, Hebrew University, Israel
- Yang, Yang, Temple University, USA
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