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Tourist Studies Template

Write in a clean editor, then format for Tourist Studies in one click — DocuGuru applies the official SAGE template with author–year references and exports a submission-ready PDF plus the editable LaTeX source. Free to start.

About the Tourist Studies format

Tourist Studies is a peer-reviewed journal published by SAGE, covering Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research, Tourism, Volunteerism, and Development, Sport and Mega-Event Impacts.

PublisherSAGE
Reference styleAuthor–year (Harvard)
Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text
Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', Tourist Studies, 12(3), pp. 45–58.

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Publishes research inDiverse Aspects of Tourism Research Tourism, Volunteerism, and Development Sport and Mega-Event Impacts Religious Tourism and Spaces Geographies of human-animal interactions
ISSN1468-7976
Citation impact (2-yr)2.53
h-index68
i10-index350
Total citations18,278
Top institutions publishing hereUniversity of Otago
Journal websitewww.sagepub.com
You getA submission-ready PDF and the editable LaTeX source — ready to submit.

Papers published in Tourist Studies per year

24
2014
34
2015
19
2016
31
2017
16
2018
30
2019
20
2020
34
2021
15
2022
22
2023
21
2024
22
2025

Citation impact of Tourist Studies by publication year

657
2014
687
2015
353
2016
647
2017
391
2018
922
2019
381
2020
731
2021
198
2022
187
2023
86
2024
52
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in Tourist Studies

Performing tourism, staging tourism

Tim Edensor · 1 Jun 2001

This article explores the metaphor of performance to investigate how tourism can be conceived as a set of activities, imbricated with the everyday, whereby conventions are reinforced and broken. By looking at the contexts in which tourism is regulated, directed and choreographed or, alternatively, is a realm of improvisation and contestation, I will consider the…

Authenticity as a concept in tourism research

Kjell Olsen · 1 Aug 2002

This article discusses the uses of the concept of authenticity in tourism studies. In line with the constructivist perspective which aims to transcend the binary distinction between the authentic and inauthentic as found in the concept of authenticity, it is suggested that this binary dichotomy also has to be overcome in the approaches to the…

Commodification, culture and tourism

Robert Shepherd · 1 Aug 2002

This article revisits the question of tourism’s role in the commodification of culture. I argue that an acceptance of a cause and effect relationship between tourism and cultural commodification requires an acceptance of a problematic notion of ‘authenticity’. This is because the belief that tourism causes cultural commodification is based on a largely unexamined reliance…

The Family Gaze

Michael Haldrup, Jonas Larsen · 1 Apr 2003

Despite the fact that taking photographs is an emblematic tourist practiceand that tourist studies have been dominated by a visual paradigm of gazing, littlesustained research has explored the general connections between tourism andpopular photography. We have virtually no knowledge of why and how touristsproduce photographic images. This article reframes the study of visual culture bystressing…

The roles of social media in tourists’ choices of travel components

Xuerui Liu, Fuad Mehraliyev, Chun Liu et al. · 3 Sep 2019

Social media are acknowledged as an important information source that influences tourists’ travel choices. However, qualitative studies that take an inductive approach to identify the roles of social media by investigating how social media affect travel choices are limited. By interviewing 21 tourists who had recently taken trips, this article aimed to identify the roles…

Tourist Studies template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the Tourist Studies format?
In DocuGuru you write your manuscript in a normal editor — no LaTeX setup required — and select the Tourist Studies template. When you export, DocuGuru compiles the paper into the official SAGE format and hands you a submission-ready PDF along with the editable LaTeX source.
What reference style does Tourist Studies use?
Tourist Studies uses Author–year (Harvard) references, shown as author–year markers such as (Smith, 2023) in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', Tourist Studies, 12(3), pp. 45–58.
Do I need to know LaTeX to submit to Tourist Studies?
No. DocuGuru generates the sagej LaTeX class and compiles the PDF for you in the background, so you get a SAGE-ready Tourist Studies document without writing any LaTeX. If you do want it, the LaTeX source is included in the export.
Can I import an existing draft into the Tourist Studies template?
Yes. Paste or upload your current manuscript — Word, LaTeX, Markdown, or plain text — and DocuGuru reflows it into the Tourist Studies format with correct headings, figures, tables, and author–year citations.
Who publishes Tourist Studies?
Tourist Studies is a multidisciplinary journal published by SAGE. DocuGuru's Tourist Studies template matches SAGE's official submission format.
Can I export a submission-ready Tourist Studies PDF?
Yes — DocuGuru produces a PDF built with the official Tourist Studies template (the sagej class) that is ready to submit to SAGE, together with the matching LaTeX source files.
How much does the Tourist Studies template cost?
You can start writing in the Tourist Studies template for free. Exporting the final submission-ready Tourist Studies PDF and LaTeX source is part of DocuGuru's paid plans — see the app for current pricing.
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