We look forward to welcoming you to the international scientific conference TOSEE 2025 with the theme "Shaping the Future: Digital Tourism and Sustainable Development". This highly anticipated event will provide a dynamic platform for academics, researchers and professionals to discuss current issues, share research findings and explore innovative solutions for the future of tourism and sustainable development.
TOSEE 2025 will focus on the interplay of digital transformation and sustainability in the tourism industry and promote dialogue and collaboration on the challenges and opportunities of the future.
ABSTRACT SUBMISSION
The Abstract (400-600 words) must be structured into 4 subheadings and followed by 4-6 key words:
- Purpose (What are the reason(s) for writing the paper or aims of the research).
- Methodology (How are the objectives achieved? Include main method(s) used for the research. How do you approach the topic and what is the theoretical or subject scope of the paper?).
- Findings (What was discovered/proved in the course of conducting the research? This will refer to the analysis, discussion or results. If the paper reports on the research, include suggestions for the future research and provide information about any identified limitations during the research process).
- Contribution (What is new in the paper? State its theoretical, empirical, practical and social contribution and what it concerns).
We ask you to submit abstracts that are in line with the theme of the conference. Please send your abstracts for review by email to
Each participant is expected to submit no more than two papers.
FULL PAPER SUBMISSION
Submitted papers are expected to be original contributions and should not be under consideration for any other publication at the same time.
Author guidelines
All submitted manuscripts are initially subject to evaluation by the Editors-in-Chief. If they deem the paper suitable, it will be sent for peer review by two independent and anonymous expert referees. The final selection of papers will be made following a double-blind review process by the Editors-in-Chief. The authors may present the paper at the conference after the final acceptance of the paper for publication has been confirmed. Accepted and presented papers will be published in the electronic format of the Conference Proceedings as Open-Aceess articles.
Submitted papers are expected to be original contributions and should not be under consideration for any other publication at the same time. ToSEE publishes original scientific papers, preliminary communications, and review articles, with a length limit of 30.000 characters (15 pages). The paper should be written following the ToSEE 2025 – Conference Template for Full papers in English using Microsoft Word. Authors are responsible for the completeness and grammatical correctness of the paper, without spelling and typographical errors.
Instructions for full papers
The text submitted should not exceed 30,000 characters (15 pages) and should be typed according to the instructions below:
- Font: Times New Roman, size 10;
- Line spacing: single; A4 Format (297x210 mm);
- Page Setup: Margins: top 5 cm, bottom 5 cm, left 4.4 cm, right 4.2 cm, gutter 0 cm;
- Layout: header 4 cm, footer 4 cm.
- The cover page has to list the authors' names, their titles, positions, full addresses of their institutions, telephone, e-mail address, title of the paper.
- Title of the paper should be concise and informative.
Abstract comprising between 200 and 250 words should include the purpose, design, methodology, approach, findings, and originality of the research. The abstract should be accompanied by 4-6 keywords pertinent to the main topic of the paper and suitable for indexing and online search purposes.
References to other publications must be made in Harvard style and carefully checked for completeness, accuracy and consistency. In the text references must be included using Harvard "author-date" citation system, e.g. (Jackson 2004, 176) or (Jackson and Miller 2005, 26). An alphabetically ordered reference list should be supplied at the end of the paper.
Examples:
- Journal article: Surname, Initials (year), "Title of article", Journal Name, volume, number, pages.
e.g. Capizzi, M.T. and Ferguson, R. (2005), "Loyalty trends for the twenty-first century", Journal of Consumer Marketing, Vol. 22, No. 2, pp. 72-80. doi: 10.1108/07363760510589235
- Book: Surname, Initials (year), Title of Book, Publisher, Place of publication.
e.g. Harrow, R. (2005), No Place to Hide, Simon & Schuster, New York, NY.
- Book chapter: Surname, Initials (year), "Chapter title", Editor's Surname, Initials, Title of Book, Publisher, Place of publication, pages.
e.g. Calabrese, F.A. (2005), "The early pathways: theory to practice – a continuum", in Stankosky, M. (Ed.), Creating the Discipline of Knowledge Management, Elsevier, New York, NY, pp. 15-20.
Please include DOIs in your references if possible.
Figures, graphs, tables must be inserted in the correct place in the text. They should be numbered consecutively in Arabic numerals and labelled appropriately in the upper left corner of the figure, graph or table.
COPYRIGHT AND LICENCING / OPEN ACCESS
The articles published in the ToSEE 2025 conference proceedings will be Open-Access articles distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution - Non Commercial – Share Alike 4.0 International license. (CC BY-NC-SA 4.). According to this, you are free to reproduce and share the licensed material, in whole or in part, for non-commercial purposes only; and produce, reproduce, and share adapted material for non-commercial purposes only. You can download the legal code for this license at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
FTHM as a publisher, will insert this note at the end of the paper published text in the ToSEE 2025 proceedings.
© 2025 by the authors: licensee University of Rijeka, Faculty of Tourism and Hospitality Management Opatija, Croatia. This article is an open acess article distributed under the terms and conditions of the the Creative Commons Attribution - Non Commercial – Share Alike 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC-SA 4.).
Instructions for authors before submitting the paper
After your abstract has been accepted, you will be invited to submit a full scientific paper via the EasyChair platform. Detailed guidelines on how to use EasyChair for submission and a step-by-step guide will be published soon on our website to assist authors with the submission process. More details, including comprehensive guidelines for authors, can be found on the “Abstract and Paper Submission” page on our official conference website.
Join TOSEE 2025 to share your insights, gain valuable feedback and help shape the future of digital tourism and sustainable development.
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TOSEE 2025 – Shaping the future of tourism and sustainability together!