Ethics Statement

Guidelines for Publication Integrity & Ethics
Introduction
Journal of Hospitality and Tourism is owned and managed by Culture and Environment Conservation Society. Editor of JOHAT is approved by the Society.  Journal of Hospitality and Tourism plays vital role in achieving the objective of dissemination of knowledge which is the vision of Culture and Environment Conservation Society.
General PIE Guidelines
Journal of Hospitality and Tourism is committed to ethical principles and ethical principles are followed at every step during the publication process. In this context relevant rules and regulations are communicated to Editor, Editorial Board Members and reviewers in terms of ethical expectations associated with Journal of Hospitality and Tourism.

Prospective authors need to contribute significantly to scientific knowledge and pointedly follow the ethical principles as authors are responsible for their contribution. They need to review and approve the final version of their manuscript before forwarding to typesetting team for publication. Culture and Environment Conservation Society as the publisher of the Journal of Hospitality and Tourism advise the contributors and Editor to read and follow the copyright and licensing policy carefully. (For further information please click)
Responsibilities of Authors 
Journal of Hospitality and Tourism is dedicated to follow and maintain the highest level of ethical principles in Management and Social Sciences. Journal of Hospitality and Tourism believes that are all authors of manuscript are responsible and need to be involved in communication associated with submitted manuscript for better transparency. Authors must create something better and innovative that draw the attention of reader and activate their thinking for subject covered.
All authors need to acknowledge and assure the originality of their work and comply the rules and obligations associated with the work and if there are references to other works, they are marked and highlighted, according to the editorial standards.
All authors need to assure the copyright contract of Culture and Environment Conservation Society. Journal of Hospitality and Tourism follows the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 international License and author/s need to adhere to the terms under said license in order to get their manuscript published in Journal of Hospitality and Tourism. Author/s must confirm that the manuscript is original and has not been published or under consideration of any other journal.
It is the responsibility of the author/s to pursue permission and approval from other journal if they use any information including data or materials that has been published in any other journal. Failure to do so may result in withdrawing the paper and being banned for future submission to Journal of Hospitality and Tourism. Furthermore, it is mandatory for author/s   to acknowledge fund or financial aids or assistance from any other contributor/s who are not part of authors’ team.
Culture and Environment Conservation Society follow strict, serious and confidential review process and it is not shared with any third party. All authors are advised to keep the manuscript related information secret and safe till the final approval of publication.  The editor along with associated editors and international editorial board members follow and superintend the integrity and quality of not only every individual manuscript but also the reviewing process outline. Editor, associate editors and international editorial board members connected narrowly with reviewers to assure that the author/s get thorough response of review feedbacks on a timely basis to maintain quality standard of Journal of Hospitality and Tourism.
Article Processing Fee
The Culture and Environment Conservation Society strongly believe in dissemination of knowledge in society, hence have a strong view that information must available to everyone freely.  To follow this belief, Journal of Hospitality and Tourism do not charge any fee for publication.