This journal was launched in 2005 as "Revista Encontros CientÃficos". In 2008 a subtitle was added: "Revista Encontros CientÃficos - Tourism & Management Studies".
Since 2011 as a consequence of its successful internationalization process, the title has been simplified to TOURISM & MANAGEMENT STUDIES.
Since 2017 the journal is an online quarterly publication in English, with abstracts in a second language (Portuguese or Spanish).
Since 2011, the journal is indexed in the ScieloCitation Index of Web of Science. Since 2017 it is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index of Web of Science, where it has a Journal Citation Indicator of 0.31 and is JCI Q3. Since 2020 it is indexed in Scopus as Q3 with SJR 0.371 (2022).