JOURNEY: Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Excellence does not charge any fees for authors throughout the publication process. The journal applies a no Article Processing Charge (APC) policy.

Authors are not required to pay any submission fees, peer review fees, editorial processing fees, or publication fees. All accepted manuscripts are published free of charge.

This policy is implemented to support open access dissemination of research and to encourage broad participation from researchers, academics, and practitioners without financial barriers.