ETHICAL PRINCIPLES
Journal of Applied Tourism Research (JATOR) observes the publication ethics principles, standards and recommendations determined by COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) and ICMJE (International Committee of Medical Journal Editors) regarding publication ethics. Accordingly, all articles that do not comply with the accepted ethical standards are removed from publication. Articles that contain possible irregularities and inappropriateness detected after publication are also included in this. In summary, all stakeholders are expected to carry the following ethical responsibilities within the scope of publication ethics, and all ethical cases will be evaluated under COPE rules.
Ethical Responsibilities of Authors:
• Authors should not have published or sent the articles they submit to the journal elsewhere.
• Authors should have cited all citations they use in their articles.
• Authors declare that the article is their work, that they have not committed any plagiarism, that all responsibilities arising from plagiarism belong to them, and that the journal has no responsibility in this regard.
• Authors must guarantee that they have made a scientific contribution to the article and it should be known that all authors have equal responsibility for the article.
• The corresponding author must guarantee that all co-authors mentioned in the article agree to the publication and to be named as co-authors. All individuals who have contributed significantly to the study should be named co-authors. Other individuals should be included in the acknowledgments section.
• Authors are obliged to declare the institutions, financial sources or conflicts of interest that support the work they submit.
• Authors should provide access to the data sets included in the article if deemed necessary
• Authors must have prepared the articles submitted for publication in the journal in accordance with the rules of research and publication ethics. Separate ethics committee approval must be obtained for the research conducted and for clinical and experimental studies on humans and animals that require an ethics committee decision, and this approval must be stated and documented in the article.
Ethical Responsibilities of Reviewers:
• Any selected reviewer who is not qualified to review the research or who knows that it will be impossible to evaluate the article quickly must inform the editor of this situation and request to be excused from the review process.
• Reviewers are obliged to keep the articles they receive confidential and not to use the information they obtain from the review process for their own personal gain.
• Reviewers should not share their reports or information about the article with others and should not communicate directly with authors without the editor's permission.
• Reviewers should be attentive to potential ethical issues in the article and bring them to the editor's attention. This includes any substantial similarity or overlap between the article under review and any other published work with which the reviewer has personal knowledge.
• Reviewers should be objective. Personal criticism of authors should not be made, and reviews should be constructive, honest, and polite.
• Reviewers should consult the editor before accepting to review a paper in which they have a potential conflict of interest that may arise from a competitive, collaborative, or other relationship or connection with any of the authors.

Ethical Responsibilities of the Editorial Board:
• The editorial board is responsible for deciding which articles will be published in the journal. The editorial board that reviews authors' articles; should make an evaluation regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnicity, citizenship or political philosophy. The decision should be based on the accuracy, validity and importance of the article and the relevance of the scope of the journal. Current legal requirements regarding libel, copyright infringement and plagiarism should also be taken into account.
• The editor or any editorial board member should not disclose information about an article to anyone other than the corresponding author, referees, potential referees, other editorial advisors and the publisher.
• Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted article should not be used in the editor's or the editorial board's own research without the author's express written permission.

PUBLICATION POLICY
1. Journal of Applied Tourism Research (JATOR) is an internationally refereed e-journal published twice a year in June and December.
2. Research articles and review articles prepared on all tourism-related topics can be submitted to the journal. The number of review articles published in the journal cannot exceed 25% of the total number of articles.
3. No evaluation fee or application fee is charged for articles submitted to the journal.
4. An author who submits an article