NOTICES
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Vol 10(5) is now open for submissions All article(s) should be submitted to our Editorial Office as e-mail attachment to africajournals@hotmail.com
We will consider original and significant contributions that meet the general criteria of significance and scientific excellence. Articles submitted must not have been previously published or be under consideration elsewhere. It is recommended that authors provide their once-off ORCID iD in each of their submission details. This is however not mandatory. Authors must provide full contact details including email and institutional addresses.
Thank you to all the reviewers who always respond very positively. The effort is much appreciated. If a reviewer is battling to review an article or the revisions for whatever reason please advise us to extend your review period or request another reviewer.
Call for Papers: SPECIAL ISSUES
Themed Issue: Niche tourism in Africa
The call for papers on niche tourism in Africa can include adventure tourism, cultural tourism, eco-tourism, dark tourism, sport tourism, drive tourism and cruise tourism. Several themes can be explored, including, but not limited to: history, present state, future prospects, safety, management, development, risk analysis, trends and sustainability.
Important dates:
Expressions of interest/extended abstract of 400 words due: 18 October 2021
Notification of acceptance of abstracts: 8 November 2021
First date of full manuscript submission: 15 November 2021
Final date of full manuscript submission: 31 January 2022
Final Decisions: As reviewed
Publication Date: As approved 2022
E-mail Submissions to: dewald@vut.ac.za marked attention Themed Issue AJHTL
Editorial Team
Dr. Dewald Venter and Dr. E Burger (Vaal University of Technology, South Africa), Prof. S. Kruger (North-West University, South Africa), Dr Veronique Labuschagne (Vaal University of Technology, South Africa)
Prof. Tembi Tichaawa (Editor-in-Chief) (UJ) Prof. Angelo Nicolaides (Managing Editor)
Themed Issue: Advances in Geographical Studies on Tourism
The African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure (AJHTL) is calling for papers on Geographical and planning perspectives relating to issues vis-à-vis African Tourism, Hospitality and Leisure. In this issue, several themes can be explored, including, but not limited to: The impact of COVID-19 on tourism geographies, ecotourism and conservation, cultural and heritage tourism, festivals and event tourism, sport tourism, tourism and resilience, domestic tourism, environmental change impacts on tourism - including climate change, business tourism, resident perceptions of tourism development and change.
ONLY articles that focus on Africa will be considered for this Themed Issue.
Author guidelines and other submission information are available at www.ajhtl.com. All submissions are subject to a double-blinded peer-review process.
Important Dates:
Expressions of interest/extended abstract of 400 words due: 10 June 2021
Notification of acceptance of abstracts: 25 June 2021
Deadline of Full Manuscript Submission: 10 August 2021
Final Decisions: 20 October 2021
Publication Date: 1 December 2021
Email submissions to: nico.kotze52@gmail.com marked attention McKay/Kotze Themed Issue
Editorial Team
Themed Issue editors: Prof. Tracey McKay (UNISA) and Prof Nico Kotze (UP)
Prof. Tembi Tichaawa (Editor-in-Chief) (UJ)
The AJHTL publishes all types of empirical and conceptual research and issues relevant to
Tourism, Hospitality and Leisure with an African focus
Vol 10(5) is now open for submissions All article(s) should be submitted to our Editorial Office as e-mail attachment to africajournals@hotmail.com
We will consider original and significant contributions that meet the general criteria of significance and scientific excellence. Articles submitted must not have been previously published or be under consideration elsewhere. It is recommended that authors provide their once-off ORCID iD in each of their submission details. This is however not mandatory. Authors must provide full contact details including email and institutional addresses.
Thank you to all the reviewers who always respond very positively. The effort is much appreciated. If a reviewer is battling to review an article or the revisions for whatever reason please advise us to extend your review period or request another reviewer.
Call for Papers: SPECIAL ISSUES
Themed Issue: Niche tourism in Africa
The call for papers on niche tourism in Africa can include adventure tourism, cultural tourism, eco-tourism, dark tourism, sport tourism, drive tourism and cruise tourism. Several themes can be explored, including, but not limited to: history, present state, future prospects, safety, management, development, risk analysis, trends and sustainability.
Important dates:
Expressions of interest/extended abstract of 400 words due: 18 October 2021
Notification of acceptance of abstracts: 8 November 2021
First date of full manuscript submission: 15 November 2021
Final date of full manuscript submission: 31 January 2022
Final Decisions: As reviewed
Publication Date: As approved 2022
E-mail Submissions to: dewald@vut.ac.za marked attention Themed Issue AJHTL
Editorial Team
Dr. Dewald Venter and Dr. E Burger (Vaal University of Technology, South Africa), Prof. S. Kruger (North-West University, South Africa), Dr Veronique Labuschagne (Vaal University of Technology, South Africa)
Prof. Tembi Tichaawa (Editor-in-Chief) (UJ) Prof. Angelo Nicolaides (Managing Editor)
Themed Issue: Advances in Geographical Studies on Tourism
The African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure (AJHTL) is calling for papers on Geographical and planning perspectives relating to issues vis-à-vis African Tourism, Hospitality and Leisure. In this issue, several themes can be explored, including, but not limited to: The impact of COVID-19 on tourism geographies, ecotourism and conservation, cultural and heritage tourism, festivals and event tourism, sport tourism, tourism and resilience, domestic tourism, environmental change impacts on tourism - including climate change, business tourism, resident perceptions of tourism development and change.
ONLY articles that focus on Africa will be considered for this Themed Issue.
Author guidelines and other submission information are available at www.ajhtl.com. All submissions are subject to a double-blinded peer-review process.
Important Dates:
Expressions of interest/extended abstract of 400 words due: 10 June 2021
Notification of acceptance of abstracts: 25 June 2021
Deadline of Full Manuscript Submission: 10 August 2021
Final Decisions: 20 October 2021
Publication Date: 1 December 2021
Email submissions to: nico.kotze52@gmail.com marked attention McKay/Kotze Themed Issue
Editorial Team
Themed Issue editors: Prof. Tracey McKay (UNISA) and Prof Nico Kotze (UP)
Prof. Tembi Tichaawa (Editor-in-Chief) (UJ)
The AJHTL publishes all types of empirical and conceptual research and issues relevant to
Tourism, Hospitality and Leisure with an African focus
soliciting papers in the domains of
Hospitality
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Tourism
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Leisure
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We are proudly making peer reviewed research research available online to a global community of practice.
AJHTL The journal incorporates all types of empirical and conceptual research in issue relevant to
Tourism, Hospitality and Leisure with an African focus . We invite authors from all corners of the globe to submit articles to us. All submissions must be well researched, informed and show good familiarity with the relevant current extant literature, concepts and also various theoretical perspectives in the areas of the study. Papers are solicited from, but not only limited to the related fields of Marketing, Strategic Management, Communication Science, Business Ethics, Corporate Governance, Stakeholder Management, Operations Management, Entrepreneurship, Nutrition, Service Quality, Sustainability and Globalization BUT these MUST relate in some way or other, to Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure in Africa and/or be generic but also have relevance for Africa.
AJHTL The journal incorporates all types of empirical and conceptual research in issue relevant to
Tourism, Hospitality and Leisure with an African focus . We invite authors from all corners of the globe to submit articles to us. All submissions must be well researched, informed and show good familiarity with the relevant current extant literature, concepts and also various theoretical perspectives in the areas of the study. Papers are solicited from, but not only limited to the related fields of Marketing, Strategic Management, Communication Science, Business Ethics, Corporate Governance, Stakeholder Management, Operations Management, Entrepreneurship, Nutrition, Service Quality, Sustainability and Globalization BUT these MUST relate in some way or other, to Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure in Africa and/or be generic but also have relevance for Africa.
ISSN | 2223 814X
PUBLICATION DETAILS - a brief history and focus
AJHTL is owned by Africajournals, and is an ACCREDITED journal founded in 2004 by the work of Prof Dr Angelo Nicolaides of South Africa who was also its First Editor in Chief. He realized that a great need existed for such a journal on the African continent and it is indeed one of a kind as it promotes multi, inter and transdisciplinary research related to tourism, hospitality and leisure. Prof Dr Angelo Nicolaides was succeeded by Prof Dr Athena Smith of Florida, USA, followed by Dr. Willie Coetzee of Otago University, New Zealand and has also been immensely supported by Prof Dr Guido Migliaccio of the University of Sannio, Italy who have all helped to raise the standing of the journal. Today it proudly resides in the top 100 global Tourism, Hospitality and Leisure journals sitting at position 95 on Scimago Scientific Journal Rankings.
The journal appears inter-alia, on the Scopus index and DOAJ and was on the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) list of approved South African journals from January 2014. AJHTL is also ranked and accredited by the highly respected EU research body, the University and Research System Assessment Agency (ANVUR, Italy).
This is an open-access journal - free use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium is allowed, provided that the journal, and original author(s) are credited.
Periodicity 2021/2022
Frequency: 5 or 6 issues per year (28 February, 30 April, 30 June, 30 August, 30 October, 15 December). Each issue will have up to 25 -30 articles. In addition there are up to 2 special issues a year. A ‘Special Issue’ is a collection of papers focused on a specific topic. It may also be a collection of papers from a Conference associated with the journal.
The journal appears inter-alia, on the Scopus index and DOAJ and was on the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) list of approved South African journals from January 2014. AJHTL is also ranked and accredited by the highly respected EU research body, the University and Research System Assessment Agency (ANVUR, Italy).
This is an open-access journal - free use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium is allowed, provided that the journal, and original author(s) are credited.
Periodicity 2021/2022
Frequency: 5 or 6 issues per year (28 February, 30 April, 30 June, 30 August, 30 October, 15 December). Each issue will have up to 25 -30 articles. In addition there are up to 2 special issues a year. A ‘Special Issue’ is a collection of papers focused on a specific topic. It may also be a collection of papers from a Conference associated with the journal.
publication Indexing and impact
INTERNATIONAL RANKING
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indexed
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ACCREDITATION
AJHTL appeared
on the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET, South Africa) list of approved South African journals from January 2014 -2018 Due to a DHET rule of 2019, articles on international indices need no longer appear on their list. |
article processing charges
There is no charge to submit a paper, but publishing a paper in AJHTL requires paper processing charges. Publication charges include publishing and administrative expenses.
AFRICAJOURNALS is our publisher and is self-supporting and does not receive funding from any institution or otherwise. The operation of our journals is only financed by the processing fees received from authors. The processing fees are required to meet our operational expenses. Being an Open Access Publisher, we do not receive payment for subscription as the journals are freely accessible to all readers and researchers over the internet. Our open-access policy is aiding researchers across the globe and especially in developing nations as they are able to enjoy unrestricted access to our constantly improving high-quality research articles.
Processing fees payable after peer-reviews but before publication:
Foreign authors:
US$365.00 and bank charges must also be added per article
Note: This does therefore not include bank charges which are to your account. Authors must indicate the article number and volume when making a payment.
Local authors:
R4950.00 per article excluding bank fees. Proof of payment must be made via email. Banking details will be provided on invoices sent out to authors. Authors must indicate the article number and volume when making a payment
If articles are not paid for by the stipulated date on the invoice, they will be permanently removed from the site and we reserve the right to not re-accept them under any circumstances. Please note that only one invoice is issued per article and this remains the case where multiple authors write an article. The corresponding author is the liable person.
There is no charge to submit a paper, but publishing a paper in AJHTL requires paper processing charges. Publication charges include publishing and administrative expenses.
AFRICAJOURNALS is our publisher and is self-supporting and does not receive funding from any institution or otherwise. The operation of our journals is only financed by the processing fees received from authors. The processing fees are required to meet our operational expenses. Being an Open Access Publisher, we do not receive payment for subscription as the journals are freely accessible to all readers and researchers over the internet. Our open-access policy is aiding researchers across the globe and especially in developing nations as they are able to enjoy unrestricted access to our constantly improving high-quality research articles.
Processing fees payable after peer-reviews but before publication:
Foreign authors:
US$365.00 and bank charges must also be added per article
Note: This does therefore not include bank charges which are to your account. Authors must indicate the article number and volume when making a payment.
Local authors:
R4950.00 per article excluding bank fees. Proof of payment must be made via email. Banking details will be provided on invoices sent out to authors. Authors must indicate the article number and volume when making a payment
If articles are not paid for by the stipulated date on the invoice, they will be permanently removed from the site and we reserve the right to not re-accept them under any circumstances. Please note that only one invoice is issued per article and this remains the case where multiple authors write an article. The corresponding author is the liable person.
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AN OPEN ACCESS JOURNAL
AJHTL is free from all access barriers, allowing for the best possible global dissemination of your article.
RETAIN COPYRIGHT
You retain copyright and are free to disseminate your article, make copies for any use, and/or deposit in any repository or archive (thus retaining publishing right), provided that the journal, and original author(s) are credited.
Please see the COPYRIGHT NOTICE under the Submission section for further details.
DISCLAIMER
Although efforts are made to ensure that the contents of the articles are correct, AJHTL will not be responsible for any errors made or damages suffered as a result of reliance being placed on information obtained from the Journal. Furthermore, opinions expressed by authors are their own and do not reflect the opinion or viewpoint of AJHTL. Publication of an articles does not imply endorsement or agreement with any particular statement made in an article.
AJHTL is by no means responsible for the infringement by the contributing author/s for copyright infringement of a third party. The authors are responsible and should be held liable in such a case.
Although efforts are made to ensure that the contents of the articles are correct, AJHTL will not be responsible for any errors made or damages suffered as a result of reliance being placed on information obtained from the Journal. Furthermore, opinions expressed by authors are their own and do not reflect the opinion or viewpoint of AJHTL. Publication of an articles does not imply endorsement or agreement with any particular statement made in an article.
AJHTL is by no means responsible for the infringement by the contributing author/s for copyright infringement of a third party. The authors are responsible and should be held liable in such a case.
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