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About the Journal

ARA: JOURNAL OF TOURISM RESEARCH

The ARA: JOURNAL OF TOURISM RESEARCH is an editorial project of the Tourism, Hospitality, and Gastronomy Research Group (TURHOGA) of the Barcelona School of Tourism, Hospitality, and Gastronomy (CETT), University of Barcelona (UB). It is an academic journal of international dissemination, indexed and disseminated in electronic format in various national and international databases that has been published continuously since 2008.

Its field of specialization revolves around the geographical perspective of tourism and the resulting spatial interrelationships. ARA: Tourism Research Journal welcomes submissions from basic to applied sciences. It invites researchers from all academic disciplines around the world to contribute to the following subjects (included, but not limited to):

  • Planning and Sustainable Management of Tourism Destination
  • Territorial Innovation and Digitalization
  • Smart Tourism or Smart Destinations
  • Mobility and Tourism Sustainability
  • Tourism Marketing
  • Governance and Regional Management
  • Tourism Law and Policies
  • Personalization of tourist experiences at the destination

The Journal seeks to deepen and disseminate the understanding of the network of relationships between tourism and sustainable community development through the publication of papers on applied and scientific research.

As an international journal, it accepts original contributions that reflect perspectives by authors from all countries in English, Spanish, and Catalan languages. The title and the abstract will always be published in both languages. ARA Journal of Tourism Research publishes a volume of articles annually. 

Why ARA?

In the Taino language, one of the aboriginal languages of the Caribbean, the term ARA means tree and people, as well as other meanings. ARA is a symbol of the Caribbean identity and its origins, as well as a universal symbol having a positive message.

Announcements

"ARA: Journal of Tourism Research" announces the call for submissions for Volume 15

2025-02-10

"ARA: Journal of Tourism Research" is opening the call for a new volume to continue contributing to the dissemination of knowledge in the field of tourism and its relationship with the territorial environment in which it takes place.

For the upcoming volume, "ARA: Journal of Tourism Research," researchers from any academic discipline are invited to submit their contributions to scientific knowledge with the potential to open new areas of interest in the journal's scope:

  • Challenges and opportunities related to smart management processes of the tourist territory.
  • Collaborative models and intelligent governance in tourist organizations.
  • Personalization of tourist experiences at the destination.
  • Digital and technological transition in tourist destinations.
  • Cybersecurity and tourism.
  • Emerging technologies for tourism management.

However, special attention should be given to the following aspects:

- Contributions with a clear and appropriate academic structure, demonstrating a scientific orientation through rigorous and detailed methodological processes, will be valued.
- Including a discussion on the results obtained about the theoretical-conceptual frameworks underlying the research will be taken into account.
- Original and unpublished contributions based on experiments and essays will be valued, with a preference for these over case studies.

Please contact us by email at ara@cett.cat with any questions you may have.

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