The Journal of Tourism Marketing, Governance, and Sustainability is committed to upholding the highest standards of publication ethics and to taking all possible measures against publication malpractice. The journal adheres to the principles outlined by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and expects all authors, reviewers, and editors to comply with these standards.

Publication Ethics

• The journal is committed to ensuring the integrity, transparency, and quality of its publications.
• The journal follows a double-blind review process to ensure the impartiality and objectivity of the peer review process.
• The journal does not tolerate plagiarism, falsification of data, or any other form of academic dishonesty.
• The journal requires authors to disclose any potential conflicts of interest and to provide detailed information about their research funding.

Author Responsibilities

• Authors must ensure that their submissions are original and have not been published or submitted elsewhere.
• Authors must properly cite all relevant sources and provide accurate references.
• Authors must disclose any potential conflicts of interest and provide detailed information about their research funding.
• Authors must comply with the journal's policies and procedures, including the double-blind review process.

Reviewer Responsibilities

• Reviewers must maintain the confidentiality of the manuscripts and not share them with anyone.
• Reviewers must provide objective, impartial, and constructive feedback to the authors.
• Reviewers must disclose any potential conflicts of interest and decline to review manuscripts if they feel they cannot provide an objective evaluation.

Editor Responsibilities

• Editors must ensure that all manuscripts are reviewed fairly and impartially.
• Editors must maintain the confidentiality of the manuscripts and not share them with anyone.
• Editors must disclose any potential conflicts of interest and decline to handle manuscripts if they feel they cannot provide an objective evaluation.

Licensing and Copyright

The journal is published under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) license, which allows users to share, adapt, distribute, and reproduce the articles in any medium or format, as long as the original authors and source are credited.

Archiving and Preservation

The journal uses the LOCKSS system to create a distributed archiving system among participating libraries and permits those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for purposes of preservation and restoration.