Current doctoral researchers or recent graduates were invited to submit manuscripts to JHTM based on research undertaken during their doctoral study. Award winning papers received a cash prize, certificate and opportunities of public recognition at the CAUTHE 2023 Conference and promotion.

Overall, a record number of 30 paper submissions were received within 2022 for the JHTM 2022 Best PhD papers awards. The JHTM wishes to thank all the authors for submitting and nominating their papers. Given this highly competitive context, the JHTM 2022 Best PhD papers awards represent a great achievement for the winners.

The winners were officially announced during the annual CAUTHE 2023 Conference at Fremantle, Western Australia.

**The 2023 call for papers, award guidelines and prizes are now available at 2023 JHTM Best PhD Paper Awards.**

And the winners of the JHTM 2022 Best PhD paper Awards are …..

Best PhD Paper Award

Bruce Wan, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong

Paper titled: Journaling memorable and meaningful tourism experience: a strengths based approach to technology-mediated reflection

Highly recommended PhD paper

Ziang Zhang, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China

Paper titled: Scale theory and tourism destination development towards a new theoretical tool

Congratulations to all the award-winning authors and many wishes for the future careers!

See call for papers for the 2023 JHTM Best PhD Paper awards. Submission deadline 30 September 2023.