About this journal

Aims and scope

International Journal of Tourism Cities (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.

IJTC 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.

IJTC has four distinct purposes:
  1. To encourage greater research and scholarship related to tourism in urban settings.
  2. To stimulate more interdisciplinary research on tourism in cities, particularly the integration of tourism and urban studies theories and principles.
  3. To generate more research studies on tourism at the edge of cities, where urban and rural areas converge.
  4. To create more literature on best practices in city tourism worldwide through in-depth analyses and the production of exemplary case studies.
IJTC 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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Editorial board

Co-Editors-in-Chief
Professor Andres Coca-Stefaniak
University of Greenwich, United Kingdom

Professor Alastair Morrison
University of Greenwich, United Kingdom

Associate Editors
Professor Blanca Alejandra Camargo Camargo (Special Issues)
University of Monterrey, Mexico

Associate Professor Vanessa GB Gowreesunkar (External Relations)
Indian Institute of Tourism Management, Sirmaur, India

Dr Connie Loi (Senior Associate Editor)
Institute for Tourism Studies, Macau

Dr Shem Wambugu Maingi (Website and Social Media)
Kenyatta University, Kenya

Senior Lecturer Cristina Maxim (Senior Associate Editor)
University of West London, United Kingdom

Assistant Professor Ye (Sandy) Shen (Book Reviews)
California Polytechnic State University, United States

Theme Editors
Associate Professor Jonathon Day (Sustainable Tourism)
Purdue University, United States

Professor C. Michael Hall (Environmental Change in Tourism Cities)
University of Canterbury, New Zealand

Principal Lecturer Jithendran Kokkranikal (Tourism Planning and Development)
University of Greenwich, United Kingdom

Principal Lecturer Tijana Rakić (Visual Research Methodologies)
University of Brighton, United Kingdom

Associate Professor Jayne Rogerson (Urban Tourism)
University of Johannesburg, South Africa

Assistant Professor Claudia Seabra (Terrorism in Tourism Cities)
University of Coimbra, Portugal

Senior Lecturer Tina Segota (Quality of Life in Tourism Cities)
University of Greenwich, United Kingdom

Professor Marianna Sigala (eTourism)
University of Newcastle, Australia

Associate Professor Melanie Smith (Cultural Tourism and Tourism in Post-Communist Countries)
Budapest Metropolitan University, Hungary

Professor Cina Van Zyl (Special Interest Tourism)
University of South Africa, South Africa

Professor Elisa Zentveld (Visiting Friends and Relatives Travel)
Federation University, Australia

Professor Lina Zhong (Big Data Research)
Beijing International Studies University, China

Editorial Advisory Board
Prof Sara Joana Gadotti dos Anjos, Universidade do Vale do Itajaí, Italy
Professor Stephen Boyd, Ulster University Business School, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Associate Professor Mark Anthony Camilleri, University of Malta, Msida Malta
Associate Professor T.C. Chang, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Associate Professor Carmen Chașovschi, Ștefan cel Mare University of Suceava, Romania
Professor Nelson Graburn, UC Berkeley, United States
Associate Professor Tom Griffin, Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada
Professor Sven Gross, Harz University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Professor Sotiris Hji-Avgoustis, Ball State University, United States
Dr Yan Io, Macao Institute for Tourism Studies, Macau
Dr Rami Isaac, NHTV Breda University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands
Associate Professor Devi Kausar, Tabuk University, Saudi Arabia
Dr Ko Koens, Inholland University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands
Dr Maximiliano Korstanje, University of Palermo, Argentina
Professor Claire Liu, AUT University, New Zealand
Prof Agita Livina, Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences Valmiera, Latvia
Professor Lawal Marafa,  Chinese University of Hong Kong Hong Kong
Professor Can-Seng Ooi, University of Tasmania Australia
Professor László Puczkó, Budapest University of Economics, Hungary
Professor Greg Richards, Tilburg University, Netherlands
Professor Han Shen, Fudan University, China
Professor Svetlana Stepchenkova, University of Florida, United States
Dr Erose Sthapit, Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom
Associate Professor Anang Sutono, Polytechnic Enhai, Indonesia
Associate Professor Magdalena Petronella (Nellie) Swart, University of South Africa, South Africa
Dr. Hugues Séraphin, University of Winchester, United Kingdom
Dr Yim King (Penny) Wan, Macao Institute for Tourism Studies, Macau

Editorial Review Board
Tenisha Brown-Williams, The University of the West Indies St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad & Tobago, W.I
Dr Mingjie (Jessie) Gao, Health University of Waterloo, Canada
Dr Deep Gurung, Christ University, India
Professor Myunghwa Kang, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, United States
Dr James Kennell, University of Surrey, United Kingdom
Dr Edward Koh, Bangkok University, Thailand
Dr Chulmo Koo, Kyung Hee University, South Korea
Dr Virginia Lau, Macao Institute for Tourism Studies, Macau
Dr Mohanty Patitapaban, School of Hotel Management Faculty of Hospitality & Tourism Management Siksha 'O' Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Bhubaneswar, Odisha India
Dr Farzana Quoquab, University Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia
Miroslav Roncak, Palacky University Olomouc, Czech Republic
Dr Hiran Roy, Senior Lecturer (Full-time) Fairleigh Dickinson University, Vancouver Canada
Dr Siamak Seyfi, Pantheon-Sorbonne Universit, France
Dr Jun Shao, Beijing Forestry University, China
Dr Courtney Suess-Raeisinafchi, Texas A&M University, United States

Abstracting and indexing

International Journal of Tourism Cities is abstracted/indexed in:
  • Cabells
  • Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
  • Scopus

Open access

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Society information

The International Tourism Studies Association (ITSA) is unique among international associations of tourism scholars and practitioners. Its mission is to encourage interaction and cooperation between members in developing and developed countries. ITSA is uniquely devoted to scholarly exchange between researchers and practitioners focusing on the growth of tourism worldwide.

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