For Author

Sustainable Tourism and Destination Innovation (STDI)  accepts a range of manuscript types that support its mission: providing an interdisciplinary platform for researchers, practitioners, and policymakers to share innovative ideas, scientific discoveries, and practical solutions that support resilient, competitive, and sustainable tourism destinations. Authors may request a preferred manuscript category during submission; however, the Editor-in-Chief and Associate Editors reserve the right to determine the final classification. The chosen category will appear above the manuscript title in the published version.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) Policy for Authors:

Plagiarism: Plagiarism and duplicate submission constitute serious violations of publication ethics. Thus, plagiarism should be completely avoided. Figures and Tables extracted from any sources are considered malpractice. The Data extracted must be cited, and this journal does not encourage the exact reproduction of any content. 

Authors must not list AI tools as an author or co-author, nor cite AI tools as an author. Authorship refers to responsibilities and tasks that can only be undertaken and fulfilled by humans, and authors are responsible and accountable for the content of their work. This responsibility includes:

• Carefully reviewing and verifying the accuracy, comprehensiveness, and impartiality of all AI outputs (including checking sources, since references generated by AI may be incorrect or fabricated).
• Editing and adapting all material thoroughly to ensure that the manuscript represents the author’s authentic and original contribution and reflects their own analysis, interpretation, perspectives, and ideas.
• Ensuring that all tools or sources used, whether AI-based or not, are clearly and transparently disclosed to readers, with a disclosure statement required upon submission.
• Ensuring that the manuscript is developed in a way that safeguards data privacy, intellectual property, and other rights, by checking the terms and conditions of any AI tool used.

Authors should consider the following uses of AI tools as appropriate, provided they are disclosed in the methods or acknowledgements section:

• Assistance with literature review or compilation of relevant sources
• Translation of materials during the research process
• Use of AI-generated software or code in conducting additional research
• Assistance with research data visualization
• Production of representative illustrations or infographics
• Code development or error-checking with AI assistance
• Assistance with compiling references

Inappropriate uses of AI tools include:

• Generation of incorrect text or content
• Creation of data or submissions using a series of prompts
• Conducting interviews with AI tools in place of participants for qualitative research
• Analysis of experiences and themes
• Plagiarism or inappropriate attribution to prior sources
• Generation of artificial images presented as original or novel research images
• Fabricated references or falsified claims
• Use of AI tools in editorial work or peer review processes

Submitted works will not be rejected solely due to the disclosed use of generative AI; however, if the editor becomes aware that generative AI has been used inappropriately and without disclosure in the preparation of a submission, the editor reserves the right to reject the work at any stage of the publishing process.

Article Publication Charges

Sustainable Tourism and Destination Innovation (STDI)  (ISSN (Online): pending) is an Open Access publisher, and the standard charge for publishing is FREE, payable on acceptance of each manuscript. If you have issues, don't hesitate to get in touch with the editors for further information through the given email: (production@pub.scientificirg.com).

Article Types: Sustainable Tourism and Destination Innovation (STDI)  accepts Original Articles, Review, Mini Review, Technical Notes, Data Papers, Software Papers, Editorial, Letter to the Editor, Commentary, Rapid Communications and Perspectives, and Conference Proceedings.

1. Research Articles

Research Articles present original, high-quality research that advances knowledge and practice in sustainable tourism, destination innovation, hospitality, and related interdisciplinary fields. Submissions may include theoretical, empirical, quantitative, qualitative, mixed-methods, or data-driven studies addressing sustainable tourism development, smart destinations, tourism technologies, visitor behavior, destination management, tourism policy, cultural and natural heritage, environmental sustainability, and digital transformation. Manuscripts should demonstrate methodological rigor, originality, practical relevance, and a clear scientific contribution to the advancement of sustainable tourism and destination innovation.

Word limit: up to 8000 words.

Format: Must follow the STDI structured template.

2. Review Articles

Review Articles provide comprehensive, critical, and up-to-date syntheses of the literature on topics relevant to sustainable tourism, destination innovation, hospitality, and related interdisciplinary fields. Reviews should go beyond summarizing existing studies by identifying emerging trends, research gaps, methodological challenges, and future research directions. Systematic reviews, scoping reviews, meta-analyses, bibliometric analyses, and state-of-the-art reviews are particularly encouraged, provided they follow recognized methodological standards and offer significant scholarly value to researchers, practitioners, and policymakers.

Word limit: up to 6000 words.

3. Short Communications

Short Communications report concise, original, and timely research findings, innovative methodologies, preliminary results, or emerging ideas that make a meaningful contribution to sustainable tourism, destination innovation, and hospitality research. These submissions should present novel insights of immediate relevance, supported by sound methodology and clear evidence, while being more focused and limited in scope than full Research Articles. Short Communications are intended to facilitate the rapid dissemination of innovative concepts, pilot studies, technological applications, or policy-related findings that warrant prompt communication to the research community.

Word limit: approximately 800 words.

4. Editorial Articles

Editorial Articles are typically invited contributions written by the Editor-in-Chief, members of the Editorial Board, or guest editors. They provide perspectives on emerging issues, current trends, special themes, editorial policies, or strategic directions in sustainable tourism, destination innovation, and hospitality research. Editorials may introduce special issues, discuss challenges and opportunities facing the field, or highlight significant developments that are of broad interest to the journal’s readership. These articles are generally concise and are published at the discretion of the Editorial Office.

Word limit: up to 800 words.

5. Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor provide a forum for scholarly discussion and constructive academic exchange on topics relevant to sustainable tourism, destination innovation, and hospitality research. Letters may comment on articles previously published in the journal, present alternative interpretations of findings, discuss emerging issues, or raise matters of scientific, methodological, or practical significance. Submissions should be concise, evidence-based, and written in a professional and respectful tone. When a letter comments on a published article, the journal may invite the original authors to submit a response for publication alongside the letter, at the discretion of the Editor-in-Chief.

Word limit: 400–500 words.

6. Perspectives

Perspectives present forward-looking viewpoints, informed opinions, and thought-provoking discussions on emerging topics, challenges, and opportunities in sustainable tourism, destination innovation, hospitality, and related interdisciplinary fields. These articles are intended to stimulate academic debate, propose new conceptual frameworks, explore policy implications, or identify future research priorities. While Perspectives are not required to report original empirical findings, they should be grounded in relevant literature, supported by logical argumentation, and offer valuable insights for researchers, practitioners, and policymakers.

Word limit: up to 1000 words.

7. Proceedings

8. General Manuscript Classification Policy

Manuscripts submitted to STDI are classified into the categories above based on research depth, structure, and relevance to journal standards. While authors may indicate their preferred classification in the cover letter, the editorial team determines the final category to ensure consistency and quality across publications. The assigned classification will be displayed above the title in the published manuscript.

Note: Authors must prepare and submit a cover letter with their manuscript

Manuscript Formatting Guidelines

Manuscript Title: The title should be limited to 25 words or less and should not contain abbreviations. The title should be a brief phrase describing the contents of the paper.

Manuscript Formatting Guidelines

Sustainable Tourism and Destination Innovation (STDI) 

Publisher: Scientific Innovation Research Group (SIRG)

Authors submitting manuscripts to Sustainable Tourism and Destination Innovation (STDI)  must prepare their papers according to the formatting rules below. All manuscripts must be uploaded using the official STDI template and adhere strictly to the typography, structure, image/table placement, and referencing requirements provided.

These guidelines ensure uniformity, professional presentation, and compliance with international indexing standards.

1. General Formatting Requirements

1.1 Document Setup

• File format: Microsoft Word (.docx) OR (Latex) download from (link - Template Download)

• Paper size: A4

• Margins: 2 cm on all sides

• Line spacing: Single (1.0)

• Paragraphs: Justified alignment; no indentation

• Font: Times New Roman (mandatory)

• Header/Footer: Do not include personal headers or footers — the journal adds them during production.

1.2 Font Specifications

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2. Manuscript Structure

All manuscripts must follow the JSAA structure in this exact order:

1. Title:  (Bold , Left alignment; no indentation, Times New Roman, 15)

2. Authors’ Names:  ( Bold, Left alignment; no indentation, Times New Roman, 12)

3. Affiliations and Email:  (Alph-bit) as  (a, b, c,...), (Italic, Left alignment; no indentation, Times New Roman, 9)

4. Corresponding Author Information

1. • Mark with as :  Mark the corresponding author with a superscript number one, i.e. 1

   • Email (Mandatory)

   • Affiliation

   • Telephone, fax (if applicable)

2. Abstract

   • Maximum 350 words

   • No figures, tables, equations, or citations

3. Keywords

   • 3 to 5 keywords

4. Main Sections (example structure)

   • Abstract

   • Introduction

   • Materials and Methods

   • Results and Discussion

   • Conclusion

5. Acknowledgements

6. Disclosure statement
   

7. References and Notes (IEEE format) see section 6 below.

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3. Abstract and Keywords

3.1 Abstract

• Maximum 350 words

• Should briefly state:

  • Aim of the study

  • Methods

  • Main findings

  • Conclusions

• Must be written in Times New Roman 10 pt, single-spaced

• Must not contain:

  • Citations

  • Figures/tables

  • Special formatting or equations

3.2 Keywords

• Add 3 to 5 keywords after the abstract

• Each keyword begins with a capital letter

• Listed one per line (according to template)

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4. Figures, Tables, Schemes

4.1 Figures

• Number sequentially (Figure 1, Figure 2…) must be Bold inside the text and in its caption.

• Placed as close as possible to their first mention

• Centered on the page

• Please place captions below the Figure (the word Figure 1 is bold) and make the text bold.

4.2 Tables

• Numbers sequentially (Table 1, Table 2…) must be Bold inside the text and in its caption.

• Captions are placed above the table. ((the word Table 1 is bold) and the text is Bold)

• Avoid vertical lines; horizontal lines only where necessary

4.3 Schemes

• Used for chemical or computational workflows or processes

• Numbered as Scheme 1, Scheme 2…

• Caption placed below

4.4 Citation

• Every figure/table/scheme must be cited in the text in correct numerical order.

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5. Equations

• Use the built-in MS Word equation editor

• Equations should be centered

• Equation numbers must be in parentheses, right-aligned:

   

  E = mc² (1)

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6. References Format (IEEE Style)

Follow the numbering style shown in the PDF template:

6.1 In-Text Citation

Use square brackets:

• Example: as shown in [1]

• Multiple sources: [1–3] or [2, 5]

6.2 Reference List Examples

1. Examples of citations for different materials:

   Material Type	Works Cited
   Book in print	[1] D. Sarunyagate, Ed., Lasers. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1996.
   Chapter in book	[2] G. O. Young, "Synthetic structure of industrial plastics," in Plastics, 2nd ed., vol. 3, J. Peters, Ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1964, pp. 15-64.
   eBook	[3] L. Bass, P. Clements, and R. Kazman, Software Architecture in Practice, 2nd ed. Reading, MA: Addison Wesley, 2003. [E-book] Available: Safari e-book.
   Journal article	[4] G. Liu, K. Y. Lee, and H. F. Jordan, "TDM and TWDM de Bruijn networks and shufflenets for optical communications," IEEE Trans. Comp., vol. 46, pp. 695-701, June 1997.
   E-Journal (from database)	[5] H. Ayasso and A. Mohammad-Djafari, "Joint NDT Image Restoration and Segmentation Using Gauss–Markov–Potts Prior Models and Variational Bayesian Computation," IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, vol. 19, no. 9, pp. 2265-77, 2010. [Online]. Available: IEEE Xplore, http://www.ieee.org. [Accessed Sept. 10, 2010].
   E-Journal (from internet)	[6] A. Altun, “Understanding hypertext in the context of reading on the web: Language learners’ experience,” Current Issues in Education, vol. 6, no. 12, July, 2005. [Online serial]. Available: http://cie.ed.asu.edu/volume6/number12/. [Accessed Dec. 2, 2007].
   Conference paper	[7] L. Liu and H. Miao, "A specification based approach to testing polymorphic attributes," in Formal Methods and Software Engineering: Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Formal Engineering Methods, ICFEM 2004, Seattle, WA, USA, November 8-12, 2004, J. Davies, W. Schulte, M. Barnett, Eds. Berlin: Springer, 2004. pp. 306-19.
   Conference proceedings	[8] T. J. van Weert and R. K. Munro, Eds., Informatics and the Digital Society: Social, ethical and cognitive issues: IFIP TC3/WG3.1&3.2 Open Conference on Social, Ethical and Cognitive Issues of Informatics and ICT, July 22-26, 2002, Dortmund, Germany. Boston: Kluwer Academic, 2003.
   Newspaper article (from database)	[9] J. Riley, "Call for new look at skilled migrants," The Australian, p. 35, May 31, 2005. [Online]. Available: Factiva, http://global.factiva.com. [Accessed May 31, 2005].
   Technical report	[10] K. E. Elliott and C.M. Greene, "A local adaptive protocol," Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, France, Tech. Rep. 916-1010-BB, 1997.
   Patent	[11] J. P. Wilkinson, “Nonlinear resonant circuit devices,” U.S. Patent 3 624 125, Jul. 16, 1990.
   Standard	[12] IEEE Criteria for Class IE Electric Systems, IEEE Standard 308, 1969.
   Thesis/Dissertation	[13] J. O. Williams, “Narrow-band analyzer,” Ph.D. dissertation, Dept. Elect. Eng., Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA, 1993.

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7. Manuscript Length Requirements

• Research Articles: up to 8000 words

• Review Articles: up to 6000 words

• Short Communications: ~800 words

• Editorials: up to 800 words

• Letters to the Editor: 400–500 words

• Perspectives: up to 1000 words

• Proceedings: structured abstracts

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8. Ethical Compliance

Authors must ensure:

• Originality

• No plagiarism

• Undisclosed or inappropriate use of AI tools is prohibited.

• Accurate data reporting

• Declaration of conflicts of interest

• Ethical approval (if applicable)

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9. Final Checks Before Submission

✔ Use the official JSAA Word template OR (Latex)

✔ Ensure figures are high resolution (300 dpi)

✔ Verify all references follow IEEE formatting

✔ Ensure the corresponding author is marked with 1 

✔ Manuscript classification is listed in the cover letter

✔ All authors approve the final version