1. Tourism Academic Journal is a double-blind review journal and being published one time in six months.

2. The manuscripts that will be submitted to the Tourism Academic Journal should not have been published or submitted to be published elsewhere.

3. The manuscripts that are sent to the Tourism Academic Journal are subject to editorial checks in terms of form and content. They are sent to the reviewers, if appropriate.

4. Research notes, research/book reviews, research/book criticisms, and academic opinions (with the approval and/or invitation by only the Editor in Chief) as well as research papers can be sent to the Tourism Academic Journal.

5. Please contact to the Editor in Chief and Assistant Editors if there is a problem in “submit paper” section.

6. Footnotes, graphs, and tables must be placed on the page where the reference is cited or right after. Notes under the graphs and tables must aim to make these material understandable without reading the main text.

7. Number of the figures and the tables must be maximum six. Table numbers and titles must be placed on the table, figure numbers and titles must be placed under the figures. The papers must be written in Microsoft Word. The font must be Times New Roman, font size must be 12, and page margins must be 3cm from the top, the bottom, the left, and the right. Paragraphs must start from 1cm inside. 6nk space must be left from the top and the bottom between the paragraphs. Titles of the tables and the graphs must be placed on the tables or graphs and written in the middle. Titles of the figures must be placed under the figures and written in the middle. The references of them must be written under the table with Times New Roman and font size must be 9. Items in the tables, graphs, and figures must be written with Times New Roman and font size must be 11. They should be numbered as 1, 2, 3,…. etc. First-order titles must be written uppercase and bold (INTRODUCTION, CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK), second-order and other subtitles must be written as first letters capital and bold.

8.  All the submissions must be written in Turkish or English. If the submission is research paper and in Turkish, an extended summary in English that contains 1200 words must provided with the manuscript. Also, the submissions must include 150-200-word abstract in Turkish and English, and title in English. The submissions must contain max. 7000 words excluding the extended abstract. The purpose, the methodology, the findings, and the conclusions must be expressed in the abstracts. There should be max four keywords both in Turkish and English. No abbreviation must be used in the abstracts.

9. There should be min. one max. three JEL codes (Journal of Economic Literature) that are in two-digit structure. JEL classification which should be selected based on the paper’s topic can be found on http://www.aeaweb.org/journal/jel_class_system.html JEL classification must be placed under the abstract.

10. The papers must be written in accordance with writing principles mentioned in the source “The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th Edition), 2010” published by American Psychological Association, APA.

11. Citations must contain the author’s surname and publication year (page number if necessary). For example; Üner (2006)...; Tuna (2007: 182)...; Yeşiltaş (2013: 182-186)...; According to Aktepe & Gürlek (2005)...; According to Kanten (2007)...; Tuna & Yeşiltaş (2014)...; Üner, Aktepe &Tuna (2004)... In accordance with APA citation format, if the reference has been written by three to five authors, all surnames must be provided in the first time it was cited in the text. When the same reference is cited, “et al.” must be used. If the number of authors is more than six, “et al.” must be used for the first citation and the rest of the citations. If there are more than one citation at the end of the sentences, these citations must be provided in alphabetical order. For example; (Aktepe, 2000; Tuna et al., 1996; Yeşiltaş, Kanten & Gürlek, 2007)…

12. The cited books, research articles, conference papers, dissertations, and technical notes must be provided in alphabetical order in the reference list.

13. The submissions must be structured with Introduction, Conceptual Framework, Findings (in empirical studies), and Conclusions. You may find a sample from https://dergipark.org.tr/touraj/page/3685

In the reference list

The books;
Author’s Surname, first letter of his/her name, publication year, title, publisher, location must be provided.
Snedecor, G. W. & Cochran, W. G. (1989). Statistical Methods (8th ed.), Iowa State University Press, Ames, IA.

Periodicals / Research Articles;

Author’s Surname, first letter of his/her name, publication year, title of the article, title of the journal, volume, issue, page numbers must be provided.

Tuna, M. & Yeşiltaş, M. (2014). Etik İklim, İşe Yabancılaşma ve Örgütsel Özdeşleşmenin İşten Ayrılma Niyeti Üzerindeki Etkisi: Otel İşletmelerine Yönelik Bir Araştırma, Anatolia: Turizm Araştırmaları Dergisi, 25(1), 122-140.

Baron, R. M. & Kenny, D. A. (1986). The Moderator– Mediator Variable Distinction in Social Psychological Research: Conceptual, Strategic, and Statistical Considerations, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 51 (6), 1173–1182.

Conference Papers;

Author’s Surname, first letter of his/her name, publication year, title of the paper, title of the conference, place of the conference must be provided.

Elçi, M., Ergün, E., Yılmaz, C. & Alpkan, L. (2004, 14- 18 July). Ethical Climate and Organizational Performance: Evidence from a Turkish Public Organization, Paper presented at the 13th. Annual World Business Congress of the International Management Development Association, Maastricht, Netherlands.

Dissertations;

Author’s Surname, first letter of his/her name, publication year, title of the dissertation, the name of the university, the place of the university must be provided.

Yeşiltaş, M. (2012). Örgütsel Özdeşleşmenin Belirleyicisi Olarak Etik Liderlik ve Etik İklim: Otel İşletmelerine Yönelik bir Uygulama, Yayınlanmamış Doktora Tezi, Gazi Üniversitesi, Eğitim Bilimler Enstitüsü, Ankara.

Internet Sources;

In the text: (Ministry of Culture and Tourism, 2015)
In the reference list: Ministry of Culture and Tourism. (2015, October 13). The list of hotels with tourism operation license. Retrieved from http://yigm.kulturturizm.gov.tr/TR,esisleri.html
In the text: (Tamer, 2015)
In the reference list: Tamer, M. (2015, 26 Haziran). E-ticaret hamle yapmak için tüketiciyi bekliyor. Milliyet. Retrieved from: http://www.milliyet.com.tr/ (Access on:…..)

14. The extended abstract must start from a new page right after the reference list and should four or five pages (A4) length. “Extensive Summary” must written at the top of the page, title of the article must be written right after it, and author names and institutes must be written in English. Correspondence author’s email address must be provided as footnote. The extended abstract must contain Introduction, Method, Findings, and Conclusion. There should be no other parts. The submissions in English does not need Extended Abstract. PS: Extended Abstract in English will not affect the number of the pages.

15. If the citations is made directly from the source, page number of the source must be provided.

16. The author(s) are responsible for the opinions mentioned in the text.

17. In Turkish articles, the spelling guide and spelling rules of the Turkish Language Association (TDK) should be taken as examples. For detailed information, see TDK's web page: www.tdk.gov.tr.

18. Translations are also published in Tourism Academic Journal. The approvals of the author(s) and publishers of the original text and publication place must be provided with the translated version.

19. Publication rights of printed and electronic versions of the manuscripts that are accepted and published belong to Tourism Academic Journal.

Publication Process
1. The submission are evaluated by the Editor in Chief or Assistant Editors. It can be sent back to the author(s) if necessary.

2. The review process is started for the submission that passes the initial check.

3. After deciding to start the review process, publication fee is requested from the author(s) and the author(s) are notified via email.

4. Publication fee is 500 Turkish Liras which covers the journal’s costs. According to Turkey Council of Higher Education’s decision made on 7 March 2019, this fee is requested without the condition of acceptance or rejection.

5. The manuscript is sent to two reviewers.

6. At the end of the review process, the submission that receives positive review from tow reviewers are accepted for the publication. Accepted manuscript is placed in order of publication with the Editor in Chief’s approval.

7. Revision might be requested from the author(s) if necessary. In this case, the revision must be completed in three weeks.