Tomislav Hitrec

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354TOURISM Journal reviewVol. 66/ No. 3/ 2018/ 354 - 355journal reviewJOURNAL OF CHINA TOURISM RESEARCHTh is journal raises the attention of scientifi c and re-search circles in tourism, especially those aimed at getting to know the vast tourist market of China. It is an academic publication that has been researching the social phenomenon of tourism from diff erent perspectives: economic, sociological, cultural, eco-logical and other, on a solid methodological basis, discussing them in four annual issues for fourteen years. Th e on-line editions are merged and distributed as a single printed version. Th e Journal is printed in the US, but the main and auxiliary editors are from the well-known Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Th e importance of the Special Administrative Region (SAR) of this former British Crown Colony should be noted, which still maintains a certain autonomy within the PR China. Th e work of regional editors should be emphasized for six geographic units (Africa, China, Asia - Pacifi c, both Americas, Australia, New Zealand and Europe) from renowned uni-versities that include tourism programs in their curricula. Th e editors from Europe are from Surrey (UK) and St. Gallen (Switzerland).Th e editorial as well as advisory boards, include several dozen reputable individuals, among them, J. Jafari, M. Uysal, G. Wall, S. Witt, and others, most of whom are the authors of tourism text-books and articles quoted the world over. In line with the broad-based concept of the Journal, its author list is also international, which is providing additional quality and readership.Looking into the latest available volume, as of December 2017, it is possible to outline several topics to get a partial picture of the problems that the Journal deals with. Each issue (4 p. a.) contains four to six scientifi c articles with, sometimes, ad-ditional contributions in the form of study cases or examples of tourism policy. Th e articles are pro-fessionally and technically refi ned and reviewed, and the journal itself is indexed in several leading world secondary publications.Regarding the topics, the Journal covers almost all of the issues that we fi nd in other academic journals in the world, especially leading journals in English which are intended mainly for uni-versity or institutional users. Th eir approach is therefore interdisciplinary, holistic and essentially theoretical, but with a number of examples of good practice. Th is is also the case with JCTR, with the diff erence being, as previously pointed out, the emphasis put on China as an expansive, not only receptive, but also an emissive tourist world power. Th e interactions between hosts and tourists, motivations of visitors and selected types of tourism (domestic, gastronomic, youth, etc.) are being investigated, while participants in these trends are interviewed according to numerous in-dicators, etc. Considering destinations that attract masses in increasing numbers, of not only foreign but also local guests, the importance of managing these destinations and their ecological protection is emphasized. Th is is particularly signifi cant in relation to the intensive spatial inclusion of the at-tractive, mostly cultural and historical attractions in tourism. Some authors also write about possible infl uences on tourism participants in terms of the 249-356 Tourism 2018 03ENG.indd   354 27.9.2018.   14:44:25355TOURISM Journal reviewVol. 66/ No. 3/ 2018/ 354 - 355values inherited from ancient Chinese civilization, such as Taoism and Buddhism.A characteristic of the journal is it's versatile re-search of various aspects of receptivity, especially hotel and restaurant services observed regionally. Th is is especially true for Hong Kong, which is commonplace in other international journals of this type. Th is is undoubtedly the result of the enormous affi  rmation of this megalopolis along the edge of continental China. Authors even call it a supranational destination (see No.2, 2017).Scientifi c contributions of all Journal issues are the result of teamwork, so single author articles are rare.Given the great importance of contemporary global tourism, as well as the growing economic power of the Chinese market and Chinese as passengers abroad, this journal is illustrative and useful for all those who count on the undreamed-of tourist potential of this multi-national country.Abstracts and keywords are in English and in Chi-nese, while the journal is printed in 18x25 format.JOURNAL OF CHINA TOURISM RESEARCH Print ISSN: 1938-8160Online ISSN: 1938-8179T. Hitrec249-356 Tourism 2018 03ENG.indd   355 27.9.2018.   14:44:25

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