The International Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Management Studies (IJTHMS) is a social science journal concentrating on the scholarly aspects on tourism and hospitality management. Although aiming towards a synthesis between theory and practice, the International Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Management Studies (IJTHMS) is primarily dedicated to developing theoretical constructs. Its strategies are to encourage and encourage offerings from different disciplines; to serve as a forum through which they may interact; and thus to expand the knowledge boundaries and contribute to the literature on hospitality and tourism in the social sciences. In this position, the International Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Management Studies (IJTHMS) is both organized and structured by the research efforts of a multidisciplinary group of scholars.