Authors are invited to submit abstracts (up to 6 pages, single spaced, A4 size, any sans-serif font, 12 point size, 1 inch margins on all sides, APA style in all other aspects) in either Microsoft word (.doc), openoffice.org (.odt/.sxw), or generic rich text format (.rtf). The abstracts may be sent as email attachment to tourismconference@iiml.ac.in.

Electronic uploads of the abstracts is also possible by following the link provided in the websites of partnering institutions. In situations where, electronic submission is not possible, three copies of the abstract may be sent to the postal address provided.
The abstract must contain the title of the paper, authors and their institutional affiliations, full address for correspondence including the email ID of the corresponding author in the cover page. The main text of the abstract must include the research problem, methodology, major conclusions/findings and the references, or a summary of the work in the case of case studies and other similar works.
All abstracts will be reviewed by a committee and based on the relevance of the paper to the theme of the conference, and its potential to contribute to advancement of knowledge in the area; the abstracts will be accepted, accepted subject to modifications or rejected.
The formatting instructions are the same for the full paper. The cover page must contain the title of the paper, authors and their institutional affiliations, full address for correspondence including the email ID of the corresponding author. The authors must not be identified anywhere in the body of the paper. Submission of paper and its acceptance imply that one of the authors will register and attend the conference and make a presentation of the paper.
The organizers reserve the right to publish selected papers as proceedings of the conference in any form deemed fit including in book form, special editions, electronic publishing, making available the contents via digital library etc.