Dear Colleagues,
This is the first CFP for a Special Issue of the International Journal of Tourism Policy. You can get the details from the CFP below or the IJTP home page http://www.inderscience.com/ijtp or the more specific 'Inderscience' web- link http://www.inderscience.com/info/ingeneral/cfp.php?id=3105.
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Call for Papers
Special Issue on: "Political Systems: the Drivers of Tourism Policy"
Guest Editor:
Amitabh Upadhya
The political system in a particular country largely influences the organization of its tourism. Effective development, operation and management of tourism require certain institutional elements that provide direction to tourism development. Tourism policies provide the framework within which tourism in a country works, it relates to the structure of the industry and is concerned with the issues involved in, and approaches to, tourism. The priority which a country accords to tourism in the national economy, and its assessment of the potential value of tourism to the economy, in relation to other industries, also determines the character of its organization of tourism. In countries which have a unitary constitution, or centralized government, tourism is controlled by the central government. On the other hand, in countries with a federal constitutional form, the tourist organization comprises one or more cooperative bodies at the national level and individual provinces enjoy a great deal of freedom in tourism matters. However, even in some countries with a federal system tourism is central and subordinate only to the central government. Some countries have two parallel systems- one central system and several state or regional tourist organizations, which may be subordinate only to state authorities, forming a provincial or local network, or both may be subordinate to the central government and the local authorities. National Tourist Organizations (NTO) in most countries, are structured as government departments, semi government organizations and or even private associations. Having the potential of earning precious foreign exchange and generating employment, governments in general are unable to resist the temptation to keep control of policy directions to NTOs/DMOs (Wanhill et al 2008). Political interference in management of tourism is seen to be increasing whereas tourism is playing a significant role towards diversification of national economies.
This special issue invites research papers on political, economic, social, cultural or environmental policy commands that chart the course of tourism development in a country or destination.
The objective of the issue is to assess the role of political influence on policy formulation in regard to tourism development and its merits/demerits. Questions regarding the forms and formats of governance having impact on tourism policies may also be raised. Studies focusing on and highlighting tourism policy initiatives or the lack thereof will also be considered.
Papers should focus on the symbiotic relationship between the organization of tourism and the political system of the destination country. Contributions in either the form of research papers or case studies are welcome.
The issue will carry revised and substantially extended versions of selected papers presented at the International Conference on Tourism 2015, but we also strongly encourage researchers unable to participate in the conference to submit articles for this call.
Subject Coverage
Suitable topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
· Political systems and tourism development
· Political interference in governance of tourism
· Government policies and destination management
· Social and cultural environment and its impact on tourism development
· Politics of destination branding
· Political systems and destination image
· Policy, planning and development of tourism
· Tourism policy initiatives or lack thereof
· Effect of change of government on policy directions
· Form of government and tourism development
· Local, national and regional tourism policies and planning
· International organizations and policy implications for tourism management
· Role of NTO/DMO in tourism development, management, marketing and promotion
· Relationship of DMO and government
Notes for Prospective Authors
Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. (N.B. Conference papers may only be submitted if the paper has been completely re-written and if appropriate written permissions have been obtained from any copyright holders of the original paper).
All papers are refereed through a peer review process.
All papers must be submitted online. To submit a paper, please read our Submitting articles page.
Important Dates
Submission of manuscripts: 31 October, 2015
Notification to authors: 15 January, 2016
Final versions due: 15 March, 2016
Looking forward to your papers on this not-so-researched area,
Thanks & Regards
Professor (Dr.) Amitabh Upadhya
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