2. Tourism and Recreation (TO&RE) aims to contribute to the knowledge of tourism science by publishing national and international scientific studies in the field of tourism.

3. Tourism and Recreation (TO&RE), tourism management, recreation, recreation management, tourism marketing and planning, management and organization in tourism, tourist guiding, travel management, recreation management, gastronomy and culinary arts, culture and tourism, tourism geography publishes studies related to tourism science such as promotion in tourism, public relations in tourism, accounting and finance in tourism enterprises, technology studies in tourism.

4. Articles submitted to the journal must not have been published elsewhere or sent for publication.

5. In publications derived from graduate theses, the thesis must have been defended in the last 3 years to be calculated from the acceptance date of the thesis according to the submission date of the article. In addition, as a footnote to this situation, “This study was carried out by Prof. Dr./Assoc. Dr./Dr. Under the supervision of a faculty member …………. It is derived from the master's/doctorate thesis titled "….." and the thesis number 123456, completed by (Thesis number will be taken from YÖK thesis center).

6. Studies that have previously been presented as abstract and extended abstract papers are accepted, and the articles derived from the papers must be submitted within the last 3 years, to be calculated from the submission date. In addition, as a footnote to this situation, “This article was presented as an oral presentation at the congress/conference/symposium named ……………… held in Ankara between 3-5 April 2020 and published in the congress/conference/symposium proceedings book “……..” It is an expanded version of the statement titled. should be specified as.

7. Articles can be written in Turkish or English. Sentences should be written in accordance with grammar and spelling rules. For spelling and punctuation rules in Turkish articles, the Turkish Language Association's Current Turkish Dictionary and/or Great Turkish Dictionary and Turkish Spelling and Spelling Guide should be used. For English articles, the resources of Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary, Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary can be used.

8. The title of the articles sent to Tourism and Recreation (TO&RE) should not exceed 18 words. If the submitted articles are in Turkish, English title, abstract and keywords should be added. If it is in English, Turkish title, abstract and keywords should be added. In the article writing template, this order is presented to the author(s) ready. It will be sufficient for the author(s) to add their articles in accordance with the order in the article writing template.

9. In the articles submitted to Tourism and Recreation (TO&RE), the author(s) should provide appropriate and short keywords covering the main topics of the article. The number of keywords should be at least 3 and at most 5.

10. Writing rules are specified on the "Article Writing Template" prepared for the articles sent to Tourism and Recreation (TO&RE). In addition, the author(s) must comply with the study content titles (eg introduction, theoretical framework/literature review, method, findings, conclusion and suggestion) on the article writing template. When uploading the article to the system, the author(s) must adapt their article to the article writing template and send it. Articles submitted to the journal should be submitted in Microsoft Word format.

11. The abstract of the articles sent to Tourism and Recreation (TO&RE) should not exceed 250 words. Articles that do not comply with this rule are sent back to the author(s) at the pre-control stage. If the necessary correction is not made by the author(s), the article will be rejected.

12. Along with the articles sent to the journal for publication, the author(s) contact information such as name and surname, title, institution and e-mail address should be entered into the web-based system. Since there is double-blind (confidential) refereeing practice in the journal, there should be no information about the author(s) in the article and in the name of the word document.

13. In the articles published in Tourism and Recreation (TO&RE), the use of "Orcid Number" is mandatory for all authors in accordance with international acceptance.

14. In the articles sent to Tourism and Recreation (TO&RE), there is no author information and should be given separately under the name of "Title Page" when uploading the article to the system. On the title page, the Turkish and English name of the study, the name and surname of the author(s), title, institution name, unit name, institutional e-mail address, orcid number should be included. In addition, if there is any detail about the article, it should be added to the title page.

15. Author(s) should follow the APA 7 Rules (American Psychological Association) for in-text citation and bibliography of their articles. The bibliography should be given in alphabetical order according to the surname of the first author, in accordance with the bibliography rules. Examples for bibliography and in-text citation are provided in the article writing template for the author(s). In addition, the same examples are given at the bottom of the spelling rules page. Articles that are incompatible in the bibliography are returned to the authors for correction during the pre-control process.

16. It is recommended that the articles be limited to not exceeding 8,000 words. For articles that exceed the limits, permission belongs to the editor.

17. In the studies submitted to the journal, the bibliography should be disabled in the similarity report and the total similarity amount should be at most 20% in order to prevent plagiarism and improper citations. Additionally, the plagiarism rate from each publication should not exceed 1%. When detecting plagiarism in the Ithenticate program, references and quotations must be marked as excluded.) Manuscripts that do not meet these criteria are directly rejected as a result of Editorial review. The author(s) must take the complete plagiarism report from Ithenticate program and upload it to the system as an additional file with the article. Legal responsibility for plagiarism rests entirely with the author(s). While the similarity rate in publications produced from graduate theses should not exceed 20% in total, it should not exceed 10% from the primary source and 1% in other single publications.

18. Articles submitted to Tourism and Recreation (TO&RE) are first evaluated by the Editorial Board. Articles that do not comply with the purpose and scope of the journal, Turkish and English language and expression rules, do not have originality value and do not comply with publication policies are rejected.

19. Articles that do not comply with the writing principles are sent back to the author during the pre-control process, indicating errors/deficiencies. The author is expected to send it by rearranging it within 15 days. Articles that exceed 15 days to be sent and articles that do not comply with the journal writing rules are rejected.

20. In articles with more than one author, one of the authors should be indicated as the corresponding author. In cases where a corresponding author is not specified, the first author is considered as the corresponding author.

21. In accordance with the publication policies of Tourism and Recreation (TO&RE), authors who want to withdraw their articles after the pre-control phase have to submit their withdrawal requests to the editor via the system, they uploaded the article. The editor reviews the retraction notice and returns to the author(s) within 15 days at the latest. Since the author(s) have transferred the copyrights of the articles to Tourism and Recreation (TO&RE) during the submission of their work, they cannot send their work to another journal for evaluation unless the withdrawal request is approved.

22. “Copyright Transfer Form” must be filled in by all authors/authors. After this form is signed, it should be uploaded to the system as an additional file in the form of a photo or scanned.

23. The author(s) are responsible for the opinions expressed in the articles. All scientific and legal responsibilities in terms of language, style, scientific ethics and content of the published article belong to the author(s) and do not bind the Journal Management. No royalties are paid to the author(s) whose articles are published.

24. All publication rights of the articles accepted and published in the journal in written and electronic media belong to Tourism and Recreation (TO&RE). In case of citing the articles published in the journal, it is obligatory to indicate the source.

25. Tourism and Recreation (TO&RE) does not charge the author(s) for publication at any stage. It also does not accept sponsorship and advertising offers.

26. For articles that use measurement tools (questionnaire, test, scale, interview, observation, picture, drawing, video, film, sound recording, etc.) that require Ethics Committee approval, an ethics report must be obtained from the University Ethics Committee. This report should be uploaded to the system as a separate file from the place where the article was uploaded. Responsibility in this regard belongs to the responsible author of the article. Ethics committee approval document should be uploaded as an additional file while uploading the study to the system. In addition, it should be stated that ethical rules are followed by specifying the information about the permission (name of the board, date and number) on the last page of the article and in the method section.

27. Privacy Statement: All data (personal information such as name, e-mail addresses) to be entered in the Tourism and Recreation (TO&RE) journal system can only be used for the journal. This data is not used for any other purpose and is not shared with third parties.

28. An extended abstract not exceeding 1000 words must be added to the end of the publications sent to the journal. Detailed information about the extended abstract is included in the article writing template.

29. Tables, figures and other images in the publications sent to Tourism and Recreation must be uploaded to the system in a separate file, the example of which is attached.

30. The decision authority on matters not mentioned here belongs to the Editorial Board.

The article to be sent must be uploaded with the following files:

* Full-text article with no author name (file name, author names should not be like "uzeyir-kement.doc", it can be like "TO&REtammetin.doc" or "article-full.doc")

       - Click to download the article writing template.

* Table, figure and images file (Tables, figures and other images used in the study should be placed and sent in this file separately from the full text.)

        - Click to download the title page.

* Title Page (Article name (Turkish-English), for each author; author's name, title, institution and unit information, e-mail address and Orcid number)

       - Click to download the title page.

* Copyright form (signed and filled in by all authors)

       - Click to download the Copyright form.

* Similarity report (it should be reviewed with one of the similarity programs (iThenticate), the similarity rate should not exceed 20% excluding references. Additionally, the plagiarism rate from each publication should not exceed 1%. When detecting plagiarism in the Ithenticate program, references and quotations must be marked as excluded.).

* Ethics committee report (requisite)

* Declaration that no ethics committee permission is required

            - Click download the no ethics committee permission is required form.

Ethics committee approval is required within the framework of the article "For research conducted in all disciplines that require ethics committee approval (ethics committee approval must be obtained, this approval must be specified and documented in the article") in the 2021 TR DIZIN Journal Evaluation criteria.

Ethics committee approval document should be uploaded as an additional file while uploading the study to the system. In addition, it should be stated that ethical rules are followed by specifying the information about the permission (name of the board, date and number) on the last page of the article and in the method section.