Call for Chapters: Centering Tourism and Gastronomy as Drivers of Sustainable Change

Editors

Yanelli Palmas, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Mexico
Alejandro Delgado, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Mexico
Elva Esther Vargas-Martínez, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Mexico

Call for Chapters

Proposals Submission Deadline: May 31, 2026
 Full Chapters Due: August 2, 2026
 Submission Date: August 2, 2026

Introduction

The environmental impacts that the planet is sustaining from climate change have transformed the research carried out on tourism and gastronomy. Without a doubt, the trends on which research will focus depend largely on the environmental and social challenges that humanity faces. There are topics begin to gain strength at an international level such as resilience, adaptability, artificial intelligence, rescue, preservation and, regeneration of resources, food solvency and sustainable gastronomy, and other topics that continue to be important and are evolving and strengthening around. to new methodologies for the study of tourism and gastronomy at a local, regional, and international level.

Objective

Therefore, this handbook integrates at an international level those topics that will be trends in tourism and gastronomic research and that can support students, academics, researchers and, professionals, government and, NGO administrators to make decisions and generate public policies that support the resilience of tourism and gastronomy activity as a generator of foreign currency.

Target Audience

□ Academic Researcher □ Undergraduate Student □ Postgraduate Student □ MBA/Executive Education

Recommended Topics

Topics (but not limited to) • In this book you can find Tourism as a social movement • Resilience and tourism • Tourism and Blue Economy • Sustainable tourism • Regenerative tourism • Artificial intelligence in tourism • Tourism organizations and administration • Gastronomy as an element for mobility • Food solvency • Cultural resources and attractions with gastronomic identity • Sustainable gastronomy • New methodologies for the study of tourism

Submission Procedure

Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before May 31, 2026, a chapter proposal of 1,000 to 2,000 words clearly explaining the mission and concerns of his or her proposed chapter. Authors will be notified by June 14, 2026 about the status of their proposals and sent chapter guidelines.Full chapters of a minimum of 10,000 words (word count includes references and related readings) are expected to be submitted by August 2, 2026, and all interested authors must consult the guidelines for manuscript submissions at https://www.igi-global.com/publish/contributor-resources/before-you-write/ prior to submission. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-anonymized review basis. Contributors may also be requested to serve as reviewers for this project.

Note: There are no submission or acceptance fees for manuscripts submitted to this book publication, Centering Tourism and Gastronomy as Drivers of Sustainable Change. All manuscripts are accepted based on a double-anonymized peer review editorial process.

All proposals should be submitted through the eEditorial Discovery® online submission manager.

Publisher

This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global Scientific Publishing, an international academic publisher of the "Information Science Reference", "Medical Information Science Reference", "Business Science Reference", and "Engineering Science Reference" imprints. IGI Global Scientific Publishing specializes in publishing reference books, scholarly journals, and electronic databases featuring academic research on a variety of innovative topic areas including, but not limited to, education, social science, medicine and healthcare, business and management, information science and technology, engineering, public administration, library and information science, media and communication studies, and environmental science. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit https://www.igi-global.com. This publication is anticipated to be released in 2027.

Indexing Information for Prospective Authors

IGI Global Scientific Publishing meets the criteria for inclusion in major indexing services such as Scopus; however, it is important to note that all indexing decisions are made independently by these services. IGI Global Scientific Publishing books are selectively indexed by the indexing organization after publication. Indexing cannot be guaranteed for any book prior to publication, and the indexing organization has complete control over the final selection and timeline.

Important Dates

May 31, 2026: Proposal Submission Deadline
June 14, 2026: Notification of Acceptance
August 2, 2026: Full Chapter Submission
September 6, 2026: Review Results Returned
October 4, 2026: Final Acceptance Notification
October 11, 2026: Final Chapter Submission

Inquiries

Yanelli Daniela Palmas- Castrejón Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México hashir04@hotmail.com Alejandro Delgado- Cruz Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México adelgadoc@uaemex.mx Elva Esther Vargas-Martínez Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México elvacolegio@hotmail.com
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