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Current Issue
Volume 7,
Issue 1,
16 June 2026

About the Journal

Tourism Critiques: Practice and Theory publishes peer-reviewed research and commentary open access in fields related to the development of theory, practice and policy making that relates to tourism. The journal is owned by College of Tourism, Beijing Union University, and delivered by Emerald Publishing Services.

Submission information

Accepted manuscript types and word counts

  • Research Paper — up to 12000 words
  • Case Report — up to 8000 words
  • Practitioner Paper — up to 8000 words
  • Technical Paper — up to 8000 words
  • Translated Paper — up to 12000 words
  • Viewpoint/Critique — up to 12000 words
  • Editorial — up to 3000 words
  • Book Review — up to 1500 words

Please see the article types and word counts section on the about this journal page for more information. The word count includes all text, figures and tables. When estimating your total, please allow 280 words for each figure or table. Read more about the article types for this journal.

Reference style

Use the Harvard reference style. Read more about the reference types for this journal.

Journal specific formatting

Please read the ethical and methodological requirements for submissions section in the about this journal page. Read more about the ethical requirements for submission.

Keywords

Please include up to 6 short, relevant keywords that describe the main topics of your paper. When you submit to the journal, you’ll be able to choose keywords that describe the main topics of your paper from a list of recommended keywords, or you can add your own.

Peer review type

Double anonymous peer review. All submissions are sent to at least 2 independent and anonymous reviewers.

Open access options

This is a hybrid journal. Hybrid journals are subscription journals but offer all authors the option to publish their work open access. If you choose to publish open access you will be required to pay an article processing charge (APC). Alternatively you can opt for the green open access route and self-archive your article (at no cost to the author). Read more about our open access options.

Accepted languages

This journal only accepts manuscripts written in UK or US English.

Accepted submission files

Article files should be provided in Microsoft Word format.

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Calls for papers

There are currently no open calls for papers for this journal. New calls are posted as they become available.

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