
Journal description
A peer-reviewed journal, IJTC provides an international forum for the study of urban tourism and tourism cities. The journal aims to be inter-disciplinary in its appreciation of tourism cities and tourism in urban areas.
IJTC welcomes original, theoretically-informed articles from those involved in the planning, management or marketing of tourism in city destination or places adjoining urban areas.
Urban tourism and travel cover many disciplines and impinge on numerous aspects of daily life within cities. Moreover, they play a key role in domestic and international tourism in most countries, and cities often function as key travel gateways and tourism destinations.
The International Journal of Tourism Cities contents include primary research articles, expert discussions on current urban tourism issues, and tourism city case studies. Articles are selected that are relevant to both academics and practitioners. The journal particularly encourages contributions on contemporary topics and issues in urban tourism including smart cities and tourism, environmental impact and sustainable tourism development in cities, citizen and stakeholder involvement in tourism, city destination governance, and the development of policies and standards for city tourism development.
The International Journal of Tourism Cities has four distinct purposes:
- To encourage greater research and scholarship related to tourism in urban settings.
- To stimulate more interdisciplinary research on tourism in cities, particularly the integration of tourism and urban studies theories and principles.
- To generate more research studies on tourism at the edge of cities, where urban and rural areas converge.
- To create more literature on best practices in city tourism worldwide through in-depth analyses and the production of exemplary case studies.
IJTC is the official journal of the International Tourism Studies Association (ITSA). ITSA’s main objective is to bridge the gaps in tourism studies and research, education, and training between developed and developing countries. The Association is headquartered in Washington, DC, and its Secretariat Office is located at Peking University, Beijing, China. The overall purpose of the International Journal of Tourism Cities is to fill these gaps in the tourism research literature from multidisciplinary perspectives.
The International Journal of Tourism Cities is a multidisciplinary journal that focuses on all aspects of tourism within cities. The major disciplines and themes are as follows:
- Anthropology and other social sciences
- Architecture and landscape architecture
- City tourism governance, coordination and organisation
- Consumer behaviour in urban contexts
- Culture and heritage
- Economic impacts of tourism on urban areas
- Environment, climate change and urban sustainable tourism development
- Events and cities
- Geographic studies, physical and human
- Impacts of urban tourism activity on city residents
- Marketing and branding of city tourism destinations
- Politics and tourism in cities
- Tourism planning and development in cities
- Tourist experiences in urban settings
- Transportation and tourism within cities
- Urban studies, urbanism and urban planning
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Co-Editor-in-Chief
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Associate Professor
J. Andres
Coca-Stefaniak
University of Greenwich - UK
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Professor
Alastair
Morrison
Alastair holds the position of Professor at Purdue University and is currently CEO of Belle Tourism International Consulting (BTI) and a Visiting Professor at the University of Greenwich. - USA
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Associate Professor
J. Andres
Coca-Stefaniak
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Associate Editors
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Dr
Connie
Loi
Institute for Tourism Studies - Macau
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Dr
Cristina
Maxim
University of West London - UK
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Dr
Connie
Loi
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Theme Editor
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Associate Professor
Elisa
Backer
(Visiting Friends and Relatives Travel)
Federation University - Australia
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Dr
Rob
Davidson
(Meetings, Incentives, Conferencing and Exhibitions (MICE))
MICE Knowledge and University of Greenwich - UK
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Dr
Jonathon
Day
(Sustainable Tourism)
Purdue University - USA
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Professor
Peter U. C.
Dieke
(Tourism in African Cities)
University of Nigeria - Nigeria
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Professor
Ulrike
Gretzel
(Social Media in City Tourism Marketing)
University of Southern California - USA
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Professor
C. Michael
Hall
(Environmental Change in Tourism Cities)
University of Canterbury - New Zealand
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Dr
Jithendran
Kokkranikal
(Tourism Planning and Development)
University of Greenwich - UK
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Professor
John
Lennon
(Dark Tourism in Cities)
Glasgow Caledonian University - UK
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Associate Professor
David
Newsome
(Ecotourism and Liveable Cities)
Murdoch University - Australia
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Dr
Tijana
Rakic
(Visual Research Methodologies)
University of Brighton - UK
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Associate Professor
Jayne
Rogerson
(Urban Tourism)
University of Johannesburg - South Africa
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Assistant Professor
Claudia
Seabra
(Terrorism in Tourism Cities)
University of Coimbra - Portugal
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Dr.
Tina
Segota
(Quality of Life in Tourism Cities)
University of Greenwich - UK
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Professor
Marianna
Sigala
(eTourism)
University of South Australia - Australia
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Associate Professor
Melanie
Smith
(Cultural Tourism and Tourism in Post-Communist Countries)
Budapest Metropolitan University - Hungary
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Professor
Cina
Van Zyl
(Special Interest Tourism)
University of South Africa - South Africa
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Associate Professor
Elisa
Backer
(Visiting Friends and Relatives Travel)
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Commissioning Editor
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Hazel
Goodes
Emerald Publishing - UK
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Hazel
Goodes
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Journal Editorial Office (For queries related to pre-acceptance)
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Rimalee Vijay
Pillay
Emerald Publishing
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Rimalee Vijay
Pillay
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Supplier Project Manager (For queries related to post-acceptance)
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Vinayak Krishna
Salunke
Emerald Publishing
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Vinayak Krishna
Salunke
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Editorial Advisory Board
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Professor
David
Airey
University of Surrey - UK
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Professor
Stephen
Boyd
Ulster University Business School, Northern Ireland - UK
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Associate Professor
T.C.
Chang
National University of Singapore - Singapore
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Professor
Frederic
Dimanche
Ryerson University - Canada
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Professor
Guoqing
Du
Rikkyo University - Japan
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Dr.
Deborah
Edwards
University of Technology Sydney - Australia
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Professor
Daniel
Fesenmaier
Modul University Vienna - Austria
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Dr.
Vanessa GB
Gowreesunkar
University of Africa, Bayelsa - Nigeria
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Professor
Nelson
Graburn
UC Berkeley - USA
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Associate Professor
Tom
Griffin
Ryerson University, Canada - Canada
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Prof.
Sotiris
Hji-Avgoustis
Ball State University - USA
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Dr
Rami
Isaac
NHTV Breda University of Applied Sciences - Netherlands
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Professor
Myriam
Jansen-Verbeke
Catholic University Leuven - Belgium
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Professor
HongBumm
Kim
Sejong University - South Korea
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Professor
Claire
Liu
AUT University - New Zealand
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Lawal
Marafa
Chinese University of Hong Kong - Hong Kong
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Professor
Tom
Mordue
Northumbria University - UK
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Professor
Can-Seng
Ooi
Copenhagen Business School - Denmark
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Professor
László
Puczkó
Budapest University of Economics - Hungary
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Professor
Greg
Richards
Tilburg University - Netherlands
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Dr
Jayne
Rogerson
University of Johannesburg - South Africa
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Professor
Han
Shen
Fudan University - People's Republic of China
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Professor
Costas
Spirou
Georgia College & State University - USA
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Professor
Svetlana
Stepchenkova
University of Florida - USA
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Associate Professor
Anang
Sutono
Sekolah Tinggi Pariwisata National Hotel Institute Bandung, Indonesia - Indonesia
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Associate Professor
Magdalena Petronella (Nellie)
Swart
University of South Africa, South Africa - South Africa
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Dr.
Hugues
Séraphin
University of Winchester, Business School, United Kingdom - UK
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Professor
Geoffrey
Wall
University of Waterloo - Canada
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Professor
David
Airey
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Editorial Review Board
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Dr
Gurhan
Aktas
Dokuz Eylul University - Turkey
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Prof.
Eric
Brey
University of Wisconsin-Stout - USA
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Prof.
Amanda
Cecil
IUPUI - USA
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Dr
Magdelena
Florek
Economic University of Poznan - Poland
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Dr
Andrea
Insch
University of Otago - New Zealand
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Prof
Myunghwa
Kang
University of Nebraska Lincoln - USA
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Dr
James
Kennell
University of Greenwich - UK
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Dr
Ksenia
Kirillova
Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong - Hong Kong
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Dr
Edward
Koh
Bangkok University - Thailand
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Dr
Jithendran
Kokkranikal
University of Greenwich - UK
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Dr
Chulmo
Koo
Kyung Hee University - South Korea
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Associate Professor
Sebastian
Molinillo
University of Malaga - Spain
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Lecturer
Thi Hong Hai
Nguyen
University of Greenwich, UK - UK
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Senior Lecturer
Hera
Oktadiana
James Cook University, Australia - Australia
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Dr
Chin Ee
Ong
Wageningenur University - Netherlands
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Prof
Ige
Pirnar
Yasar University - Turkey
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Principal Lecturer
Raymond
Powell
University of Greenwich - UK
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Dr
Farzana
Quoquab
Malaysia Technological University - Malaysia
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Faculty of Physical Culture
Miroslav
Roncak
Palacky University Olomouc, Czech Republic - Czech Republic
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Dr.
Christian
Schott
Victoria University of Wellington, School of Management, New Zealand - New Zealand
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Dr
Siamak
Seyfi
Pantheon-Sorbonne University, Paris, France
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Dr
Jun
Shao
Beijing Forestry University - People's Republic of China
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Dr
Ye (Sandy)
Shen
University of Guelph, Canada
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Dr
Courtney
Suess-Raeisinafchi
Texas A&M University - USA
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Senior Lecturer
Nicholas
Wise
Liverpool John Moores University, UK - UK
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Dr
Weibing
Zhao
Institute for Tourism Studies - Macau
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Dr
Lina
Zhong
Beijing International Studies University - People's Republic of China
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Li
Zi
Atkins - People's Republic of China
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Associate Professor
Irem
Önder
Modul University Vienna, Austria - Austria
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Dr
Gurhan
Aktas
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