TOURISM INNOVATIONS: A JOURNAL of Indian Tourism and Hospitality Congress (ITHC) is a bi-annual international PEER REVIWED referred research Journal focusing on academic perspectives in Tourism and Hospitality. Being an journal of inter-disciplinary field, the journal focuses on various aspects of tourism and hospitality like, Tourism Issues, Tourism Impacts, Eco-tourism, Sustainable Tourism, Tourism Marketing, Medical Tourism, Health Tourism, Culture Tourism, Culinary Arts, Service Operations and other tourism, travel and hospitality areas. The objective of the journal is to have a comprehensive collection of research articles and dispersal of updated knowledge and information about tourism sector.

tourism innovations

an INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL of Indian Tourism and Hospitality Congress (ITHC)

submit papers at journal.itc@gmail.com or info@ithc.in

Journal Tourism Innovations accepts papers throughout the year there is no such deadlines.

Journal Tourism Innovations does not charge for publication. The publication is free of cost.

Chief Editors:		Email	Phone No.
	Prof. S P Bansal, Vice Chancellor, Central University of Himachal Pradesh	Spbansal_mtahpu@rediffmail.com	9418141389
	Dr. Sandeep Kulshreshtha, IITTM, Gwalior, M.P., India	Sankul7@rediffmail.com	9826214448
Editors:
	Prof. Deepak Raj Gupta, University of Jammu, J&K, India	deepakdma@yahoo.com	09419141318
	Dr. Binota Meinem, Former Chairperson, Women Commission, Manipur	meinambinota@gmail.com
	Prof. Luv Kush Misra, Dr. B.R.Ambedkar University, Agra, U.P.	mlavkush@yahoo.com	09412256938
	Prof. Venkat Rao, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry	venkat.dts@pondiuni.edu.in	9442649409
	Prof. Prashant Kumar Gautam, Panjab University, Chandigarh	prashant.k.gautam@gmail.com	09815976444
Managing Editor	Dr. Arun Singh Thakur, Panjab University, Chandigarh	arun.tourism@gmail.com	09465226116

Associate Editor(s)
	Dr. Anil Kumar Singh, Banaras Hindu University, U.P.	akstourism@gmail.com	09838071003
	Dr. Lipika Guliani, Panjab University, Chandigarh	lipikaguliani2018@gmail.com	09814903810
	Dr. Ranbir Singh, Central University of Haryana	ranbirtourism@gmail.com	09466096689

Advisory Board:

Prof. Christophe Martin, Saint Marie de Chavagnes, Cannes
Dr. Marina Ambrosecchio, President UET, Italy
Dr. Harsh Verma, Director,Technical Collaborations, World Tourism Organisation, Madrid, Spain
Prof. D.A.C. Silva, Director, Tourism, Colombo University, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Prof. Robert Inbakaran, Professor of Tourism, Melbourne, Australia.
Prof. Kapil Kumar, IGNOU, New Delhi,India
Dr. Sanjay Nadkarni, Sr. Faculty, Jumeriah , Group of Institutes for Hotel Management, Dubai, UAE

All Correspondence Should be Address to :
Managing Editor
Tourism Innovations
Bharti Publications
4819/24, 3rd Floor, Mathur Lane
Ansari Road, Daryaganj, New Delhi-110002
Email: journal.itc@gmail.com, bhartipublications@gmail.com
Website: http://www.indiantourismcongress.org, http://www.tourismcongress.wordpress.com

Guidelines for Contributors

TORISM INNOVATIONS is a referred international tourism research Journal focusing on academic perspectives in Tourism. Emphasizing an integrated approach to tourism in terms of tourism being an inter-disciplinary field, the journal focuses on various aspects of tourism like, management, tourism planning, particular forms of tourism (adventure, religious, ethnic, cultural, conventional, wilderness, heritage etc), tourism and environment relationship, sustainable tourism development and tourism policy making. Papers on any aspect related to tourism are encouraged for this journal.

The objective of journal is to have a comprehensive collection in various areas related to tourism management and development and to disseminate knowledge and information on tourism.

The journal has the condition for publication that manuscripts submitted to this journal should not have been published or will not be simultaneously published elsewhere.

The editors reserve the right to edit the contributions or send them back to the authors for alteration. Thereafter the publication of the papers will be subject to the final approval of the editorial board comprising members from within and outside of India.

All submissions should be prepared according to the following format.

Generally main articles should not exceed 5000 words.
First sheet: Title, subtitle (if desired), author’s name, affiliation, postal address, telephone, fax number and email. Respective affiliations and addresses of co-authors should be indicated.
Second sheet; Abstract of 300 words with at least 3 keywords.
Subsequence sheets: main body of text; list of references; appendixes; tables (numbered consecutively); illustrations and captions to illustrations (large tables and illustrations may be on separate sheets).
The abbreviations and terminology should be fully spelled out and defined when first used in text.
References should be submitted as following; listed at the end of the articles should be titled as References. References should be numbered as per numbering mentioned in the main article. Each reference should be as per APA Format–6th Edition.

Manuscript Submission:

The whole submission should be printed with 1.5 line spacing on one side of paper only with ample margins provided, preferably on A4 size paper. Two hard copies and one soft copy using MS Word are required to be submitted to the Managing editors.

Referencing should strictly be according to APA referencing Style

All articles published in TOURISM INNOVATIONS become the journal’s Copyright with future rights reserved. However this does not affect the Author’s right to use the material.

Ethics Policy

Tourism Innovations is a peer reviewed international journal committed to upholding the highest standards of publication ethics. In order to maintain a journal of the highest quality, the following principles of Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement is adhered to. All articles not in accordance with these standards will be removed from the publication if malpractice is discovered at any time even after the publication. TI checks all papers in a double-blind peer review process. We also may check for plagiarism and falsification (manipulation of existing research data, tables, or images) and improper use of humans or animals in the research process when felt necessary. TI reserves the right to use plagiarism detecting software to screen submitted papers at any times.

Authors must ensure that they have written original works. In addition they must ensure that the manuscript has not been issued elsewhere. Any work or words of other authors, contributors, or sources should be appropriately credited and referenced. Authors are also responsible for language editing before submitting the article. Authors submitting their works to the journal for publication as original articles confirm that the submitted works represent their authors’ contributions and have not been copied or plagiarized in whole or in part from other works without clearly citing. Any work or words of other authors, contributors, or sources (including online sites) should be appropriately credited and referenced. All authors should disclose financial or other conflict of interest that might influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript (financial support for the project should be disclosed). When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in his/her own published work, it is the author’s obligation to promptly notify the journal editor and cooperate with the editor to retract or correct the paper. An author agrees to the license agreement before submitting the article.

Editors must ensure a fair double-blind peer-review of the submitted articles for publication. They will strive to prevent any conflict of interests between the author and editorial and review personnel. Editors will also ensure that all the information related to submitted manuscripts is kept as confidential before publishing. Editor-in-Chief will coordinate the work of the editors.

Reviewers evaluate manuscripts based on content without regard to ethnic origin, gender, sexual orientation, citizenship, religious belief or political philosophy of the authors. They must ensure that all the information related to submitted manuscripts is kept as confidential and must report to the Editor-in-Chief if they are aware of copyright infringement and plagiarism on the author’s side. They must evaluate the submitted works objectively as well as present clearly their opinions on the works in a clear way in the review form. Reviewers who feel unqualified to review a submitted article or know that its prompt review will be impossible should notify the Editor-in-Chief and excuse themselves from the review process.

Review Policy

All submitted manuscripts are read by the editorial staff. To save time for authors and peer-reviewers, only those papers that seem most likely to meet our editorial criteria are sent for formal review. Those papers judged by the editors to be of insufficient general interest or otherwise inappropriate are rejected promptly without external review (although these decisions may be based on informal advice from specialists in the field).

Manuscripts judged to be of potential interest to our readership are sent for formal review, typically to two reviewers, but sometimes more if special advice is needed (for example on statistics or a particular technique). The editors then make a decision based on the reviewers’ advice, from among several possibilities:

Accept, with or without editorial revisions
Invite the authors to revise their manuscript to address specific concerns before a final decision is reached
Reject, but indicate to the authors that further work might justify a resubmission
Reject outright, typically on grounds of specialist interest, lack of novelty, insufficient conceptual advance or major technical and/or interpretational problems

Selecting peer-reviewers

Reviewer selection is critical to the publication process, and we base our choice on many factors, including expertise, reputation, specific recommendations and our own previous experience of a reviewer’s characteristics. For instance, we avoid using people who are slow, careless, or do not provide reasoning for their views, whether harsh or lenient. We check with potential reviewers before sending them manuscripts to review. Reviewers should bear in mind that these messages contain confidential information, which should be treated as such. The reviewers are experts mainly from the list of ITHC members.

Guidelines for Contributors

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