INVITATION FOR THE SUBMISSION OF ARTICLES

The ARA journal is a publication intended for academic and applied research into tourism and related topics which aims to provide a link between primary research and practice.

The geographic area of the journal’s specific attention is the Caribbean region in its widest sense, including the coastal zones of the Latin American continent bordering the Caribbean Sea. All research articles on other areas in the world with similar or comparable situations are also welcome.

As a professional organ ARA is designed to spread theoretical and practical knowledge of tourism in especially vulnerable environments in order to foment and support sustainable development, conservation and the well-being of the population and natural resources.

It contains different points of view, analysis and opinions based on academic and

innovative studies on tourism and will deal with anthropological, economic, business and educational aspects, both academic and applied, as well as research into biology, geology, environment, geography, history, sociology and any other specialisations of academic and professional relevance for the tourism industry.

The new journal invites researchers of all academic disciplines, such as social sciences, economics, urban, regional and coastal planning, marine and coastal sciences, environmental sciences, leisure and hospitality management to contribute with their work, in particular papers with a multi-disciplinary character.

The journal accepts manuscripts in English and Spanish and the article will be published in the same language as the original manuscript. Its frequency of publication is half-yearly.

GUIDELINES FOR THE SUBMISSION OF MANUSCRIPTS

Articles submitted for publication in the tourism & travel research journal ARA will have to be written according to the following order:

·        On the cover sheet:

• Name of the article and possible subtitles
• Name of the author / names of the authors with  their respective names of academic institution or other professional affiliation, professional addresses and e-mail addresses

• On the following pages: 

• Abstract (may vary between 100 and 200 words)
• Key words (maximum total of six)
• Article (including the Introduction and the Conclusion, may vary in length between 5.000 and 10.000 words):

Ø      Introduction

Ø      the main article

Ø      Conclusion

Ø      Reference list

Instructions for the editing of the articles:

All submissions should be typed, double-spaced on DIN-A4 paper (or American letter-size paper), with ample margins at both sides of the text.

We prefer to receive an electronic version of submitted manuscripts, either as an email attachment or on CD-Rom.

The article should be written in the third person.

Articles presented for submission may be written in English or Spanish.

The abstract should be written and presented in both English and Spanish

The first page (the cover page) of the submission should contain: the official title of the manuscript and the name or names of the author(s), the name or names of their academic and/or professional affiliations; full address, telephone and fax numbers, and email address.

 ·    All pages should be numbered, starting with the cover as page 1.

In the case of non-electronically submitted papers the text should be typed only on one side of each paper sheet

Biographical note: a short biographical note will be published at the end of the paper; this should include name(s) of author(s), titles, name of institution, department etc., postal address and e-mail address. A maximum of 60 words.

Footnotes should be avoided and its information should be included in the text.

References should be cited in the text by author and date between brackets. Examples: (Mangion 1999) or (Cohen 1972, 1979, 1988; Urry 1990) or (Richards and Wilson 2006) or (Boswijk et al. 2005). A page number may be mentioned in case of a direct quotation, for example: (Prahalad and Ramaswamy 2003:16)

A reference list should be included, in alphabetical order by author, at the end of the manuscript. The content and format should be according to the following examples:

Reference to a book: Hall, C.M. and Jenkins, J. 1995 Tourism and Public Policy. London: Routledge

Article in edited volume: England, M. 2001. The tourist place: Neoclassical             assumptions. In Beyond Tourism Geography, ed. Marianne A. Ferber and Julie A. Nelson, pp. 37-53. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Article in journal: Andriotis, K. 2006. Hosts, guests and politics. Coastal       Resorts Morphological Change. Annals of Tourism Research 33: 1080-1083

  Tables and Figures, consecutively numbered, should be submitted separately. The preferred position of each table and figure should be marked in the text with the consecutive number of each table and figure.

Each submitted article shall be subjected to a double blind review process

Copyright and Originality:

All authors must sign the ‘Transfer of Copyright’ agreement before the article can be published. This transfer agreement enables the publisher to protect the copyrighted material for the authors, but does not relinquish the author’s proprietary rights. The copyright transfer covers the exclusive rights to reproduce and distribute the article, including reprints, photographic reproductions, microform or any other reproductions of similar nature and translations, as well as the right to adapt the article for use in conjunction with computer systems and programs, and reproduction or publication in machine-readable form and incorporation in retrieval systems.

Authors are responsible for obtaining from the copyright holder permission to reproduce any figures for which copyright exists.

Please note that by submitting your paper, you are stating that:

• It is your own original work
• Any material, of which you do not own copyright, has been clearly  acknowledged in the text.
• To the best of your knowledge the submitted article does not contain any material which is libellous, illegal or infringes anyone’s copyright or other rights.

Fifty separates and several copies of the journal will be sent by post to all authors who have contributed with an article of their production.

Submissions may be sent to: