Call for Papers – Tourism Pathways in Post-Industrial Destinations

Post-industrial destinations face a fundamental question: what development paradigm can follow the decline of industrial monocultures? This thematic issue of "Turyzm/Tourism" invites innovative, critical and future-oriented contributions exploring the role of tourism - particularly industrial heritage tourism – in shaping sustainable and resilient development pathways within local and regional systems. For further details, please refer to the Call for Papers leaflet.

Important dates:

• 12 June 2026 – Abstract submission (250–500 words) to Tomasz Napierała
• 19 June 2026 – Editors' decision on abstracts
• 4 December 2026 – Full paper submission via the Turyzm/Tourism journal online system.
• 19 March 2027 – Final editors' decision
• 25 June 2027 – Publicatiom

All procedures between full paper submission and the final editors' decision will be conducted on a rolling basis. Accepted papers may be published online in an early view format.

Guest editors:

• Tomasz Napierała (University of Lodz, Poland)
• Vuk Tvrtko Opačić (University of Zagreb, Croatia)
• Jarkko Saarinen (University of Oulu, Finland)

The thematic issue is a joint initiative of:

• UNIC – The European University of Cities in Post-Industrial Transition https://www.unic.eu/en
• IGU – International Geographical Union Commission on the Geography of Tourism, Leisure and Global Change http://www.igutourism.org/