Date of submission of abstracts (in French or English): November 25, 2024
Date of submission of texts: Marth 15, 2025
Planned publication: 2026
Coordination of the issue:
Marco Romagnoli, Postdoctoral researcher, School of Management, Université du Québec à Montréal (ESG-UQAM), Canada
and
Rémy Knafou, Professor Emeritus, Université Paris 1 – Panthéon-Sorbonne, France
- 1 The International Labour Organization (ILO) defines the just transition as follows: “greening the e (...)
Annualizing the tourism offer in cities of art and culture; limiting access to fragile ecosystems; favouring a decrease in tourist flows; protecting natural environments; de-seasonalizing peak periods in destinations experiencing overcrowding – these and many other proposals aim to limit the negative externalities caused by tourism, with a view to implementing sobriety policies and curbing the expansion of tourism on the planet. Although tourism studies are trying to find the formula for limiting negative externalities such as pollution caused by the tourism industry, it can be said that tourism today is anything but sustainable (Hall, 2010). In the French language scientific literature, the issue of addressing the trend in tourist flows seems to pass under the radar or, at least, theoretical reflections are rarely coupled with practical solutions to the problems caused by tourism (Knafou, 2021). How can we take action and propose concrete tools for regulating, optimizing, and balancing a tourism system that is globalized, highly competitive, uncontrolled, and, as a result, irresponsible (Knafou, 2023), reflecting obvious difficulties in undertaking the “just transition”1 necessitated by global warming and the pursuit of its democratization?
Like emotional regulation in psychology used to manage a person's emotional experience, the objective of this issue of Téoros is to gather proposals providing an empirical perspective on the need for tourism regulation and the mechanisms implemented for this purpose. Tourism regulation refers to the levers, mechanisms, strategies, and processes that all players in the tourism system use so that the destination and its host community do not experience ever-increasing suffering from the negative externalities of tourism activity. From our perspective, the pursuit of territorial equilibrium entails a profound change in the economic rationale of “mature” destinations, which until now have been inclined to focus on the relentless production of new tourist lodgings and the increasing artificialization of land, rather than seeking to intensify tourism operations without increasing accommodation capacity. This quest for balance also involves taking into account the growing number of expressions of rejection of certain forms and aspects of tourism, mainly in touristified cities and metropolises with touristified neighbourhoods, where a segment of local society suffers both from competition stemming from tourists in the rental housing market and from disrespectful behaviour on the part of certain categories of tourists. The growing media coverage of “overtourism” in many tourist hotspots is an indicator of this quest.
What paradigm shifts does tourism need and what can be left intact? What possibilities does the discipline of tourism offer and what are its current challenges? What are the common and/or divergent visions of tourism from different regions of the world?
In the current tourism system, where competition is largely unregulated, the players best placed to bring about systemic change are, on the one hand, those who manage destinations and, on the other hand, visitors, whose awareness is reflected in changes in practices that have an impact on their choice of location and mode of transport to get there.
This issue of Téoros will focus on case studies of players in the tourism system. as well as on practices effectively implemented and strategies (planned and/or adopted) for dealing with the problems generated by tourism. In this sense, the implications of tourism policy as well as the role of social change and behavioral optimization in establishing and taking into account contemporary issues – from climate and energy transitions to immigration, health, and war – will also be examined; in particular, challenges linked to the uneven impacts of climate change on vulnerable destinations/populations (Scott and Gössling, 2022: 206) and the potential of justice tourism, i.e., a type of tourism that promotes solidarity, mutual recognition, and equity between guests and hosts, while providing local communities with economic, social, and cultural benefits and supporting their self-determination (Scheyvens, 2002, in Guia, 2020: 505).
We encourage both theoretical and pragmatic proposals, qualitative and quantitative studies that highlight the implementation of a reflexive approach (Knafou, 2024) laying the foundations for “just” tourism governance and therefore imbued with principles of social, territorial, and intergenerational justice (Cheer et al., 2021). We invite proposals that offer a space for reflection, where tourist destinations that demonstrate political courage and ethics show how to regulate and optimize a tourism of balance.
See the bibliography at the end of the document.
Authors must submit a manuscript written in French or English and presented according to the journal's rules, which are available at https://0-journals-openedition-org.catalogue.libraries.london.ac.uk/teoros/168.
The texts submitted, in Word format (no PDF), must be between 7,000 and 8,000 words long. Each article must include
a) The last and first names of all authors (maximum of three).
b) The main title and affiliation of each author (only one per author).
c) The authors’ email and postal addresses.
d) An abstract́ of 150 to 200 words (maximum) in French and in English.
e) An identification of the discipline(s) of study.
f) A list of keywords (maximum of five).
Téoros has an international readership. Authors are invited to take this reality into account when presenting their case studies, so as to make them accessible to readers unfamiliar with the destination studied.
Authors are asked to supply 3 or 4 high-resolution (300 dpi), royalty-free illustrations, clearly indicating the caption and source and, in the case of photos, the photographer's name and date.
Manuscripts submitted for publication in Téoros must provide an original scientific contribution. Authors remain responsible for the content and opinions expressed as well as for the accuracy of data and bibliographical references.
For further information, please consult the following documents:
Editorial policy: https://0-journals-openedition-org.catalogue.libraries.london.ac.uk/teoros/168
Rules for submitting manuscripts: https://0-journals-openedition-org.catalogue.libraries.london.ac.uk/teoros/4424
The deadline for submitting abstracts is November 25, 2024
The deadline for submitting a text is Marth 15, 2025
Proposals for abstracts and texts must be submitted on the OJS platform of the Téoros journal: https://edition.uqam.ca/teoros
Once your account for submission has been created, guides are available to help you submit your proposal
Please enter “Just Transition” in the subject line
The Téoros journal acknowledges the support of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (Aid to Scholarly Journals program); of the Fonds de recherche du Québec – Société et Culture (Programme d’aide aux publications scientifiques); of the School of Management of Université du Québec à Montréal (ESG-UQAM); and of the ESG-UQAM Department of Urban Studies and Tourism and its Urban Research Centre (Centre de recherche sur la ville).
Director: Dominic Lapointe, Professor, Université du Québec à Montréal
Associate Editor: Isabelle Falardeau, Professor, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
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