African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure

Aims & Scope

​AJHTL is a proudly African, independent, privately owned multidisciplinary peer-reviewed journal, not aligned to any institution which is published quarterly.

We encourage academic debate and are fully electronic and dedicated to increasing the depth of research across a range of related disciplines with the primary objective of promoting research.

New researchers are especially welcome to submit articles to us for consideration.

Our articles are read by scholars, students and industry globally.

Only authors may submit a paper for review and only original research is considered for publication.

Articles that have been either published elsewhere or which are currently considered for publication elsewhere, must not be submitted for reviewing.

A journal publication might take from about one month up to one nine months to appear.

The reviewing process is competitive with less than 69% of papers considered finally being accepted for publication.

Authors must be certain that their paper meets the academic standards of rigorous scholarly research.

Authors must have reviewed and cited the critical and recent English references that relate to the research paper.

Where other language references are used these must be translated.

Articles must be English language edited by authors prior to submission to the journal.

Metrics & Ranking

Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)

Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Business, Management and Accounting and Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

Policy Links

This section provides access to essential policy documents, guidelines, and resources related to the journal’s publication and submission processes.

• Aims scope
• Homepage
• Oa statement
• Author instructions
• License terms
• Review url
• Board url
• Copyright url
• Apc url
• License

APC Details

The journal’s Article Processing Charge (APC) policies support open access publishing in Business, Management and Accounting and Social Sciences, ensuring accessibility and quality in research dissemination.

This journal does not charge a mandatory Article Processing Charge (APC). However, optional open access publication may incur fees based on the publisher’s policies.

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