The Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research is inviting submissions for a special issue titled “Walking and Working with AI: AI-Enabled Tourism Research and Practices.” The manuscript submission deadline is April 30, 2027.

The issue will examine collaboration between AI, tourism practitioners and researchers, alongside the ethical implications of its adoption. Contributions may address human–AI teamwork, changing employment practices, AI-assisted research processes, methodological innovation, tourism experience design and operational management.

Suggested topics include service robots, chatbots, personalised travel planning, demand forecasting, visitor management and AI-supported analysis of tourism data. The call also welcomes research on privacy, algorithmic bias, research integrity, misinformation and the implications of relying on AI recommendations. Submissions must demonstrate clear relevance to tourism.

The guest editors are Gang Li of Deakin University, and Haiyang Xia and Rob Law of the University of Macau. Professor Gang Li serves as coordinating guest editor.

Authors should follow the journal’s standard submission procedures and author guidelines, clearly identifying their manuscript as intended for the special issue. All submissions will undergo the journal’s standard peer-review process.

Read the full call for papers.