Focus and Scope

PLESIRAN: Journal of Tourism, Leisure, and Sustainable Innovation Management focuses on scholarly works related to tourism, leisure, hospitality, sustainability, innovation, and management. The journal aims to provide an academic platform for the development of theoretical, empirical, conceptual, and applied studies that contribute to sustainable tourism and leisure development at local, national, regional, and international levels.

The scope of the journal includes, but is not limited to, the following areas:

• Sustainable tourism development and destination management
• Tourism marketing, destination branding, and visitor behavior
• Leisure studies, tourist experience, Sport Tourism, and quality of life
• Hospitality management and service innovation
• Community-based tourism, rural tourism, and creative tourism
• Cultural tourism, heritage tourism, and local wisdom-based tourism
• Tourism entrepreneurship and MSMEs in tourism destinations
• Digital transformation, smart tourism, and tourism technology innovation
• Sustainable innovation management in tourism and hospitality sectors
• Tourism policy, governance, and stakeholder collaboration
• Responsible tourism, ecotourism, and green tourism practices
• Tourism resilience, crisis management, and post-pandemic tourism recovery
• Human resource management and organizational behavior in tourism and hospitality
• Tourism education, training, and capacity development
• Data analytics, artificial intelligence, and digital platforms in tourism management

PLESIRAN welcomes manuscripts using quantitative, qualitative, mixed-methods, conceptual, bibliometric, and systematic literature review approaches. Submitted manuscripts should demonstrate clear research problems, strong theoretical foundations, appropriate methodology, originality, and meaningful theoretical and practical contributions to tourism, leisure, sustainability, innovation, or management studies.