Call for Papers - Tourism Pathways in Post-Industrial Destinations: Using Industrial Heritage for Sustainable Development

2026-03-02

Cover of the Call for Papers

We are pleased to announce a forthcoming thematic issue of the Turyzm/Tourism journal (indexed in SCOPUS) dedicated to the theme "Tourism pathways in post-industrial destinations: using industrial heritage for sustainable development".

Post-industrial destinations face a fundamental question: what development paradigm can follow the decline of industrial monocultures? This thematic issue of Turyzm/Tourism invites innovative, critical and future-oriented contributions exploring the role of tourism - particularly industrial heritage tourism - in shaping sustainable and resilient development pathways within local and regional systems. For further details, please refer to the Call for Papers leaflet.

Important dates:

  • 12 June 2026 - Abstract submission (250-500 words) to Tomasz Napierała (tomasz.napierala@geo.uni.lodz.pl)
  • 19 June 2026 - Editors' decision on abstracts
  • 4 December 2026 - Full paper submission via the Turyzm/Tourism journal online system
  • 19 March 2027 - Final editors' decision
  • 25 June 2027 - Publication

All procedures between full paper submission and the final editors' decision will be conducted on a rolling basis. Accepted papers may be published online in an early view format.

Guest editors:

The thematic issue is a joint initiative of:

  • UNIC - The European University of Cities in Post-Industrial Transition
  • IGU - International Geographical Union Commission on the Geography of Tourism, Leisure and Global Change