Asian wave in travel and tourism research

Although numerous tourism-related articles have been published by authors affiliated with Asian universities, operationalized here as the "Asian Wave," little research effort has focused on examining such authorship. Adopting a publication counting method, this study analyzes articles published in four top tourism journals from 1999-2008 that are either Asia-focused or co-authored by researchers from Asian universities. The results reveal that both Asian research productivity and Asia-related contributions have increased over time, although there have been few inter-Asia and international research collaborations in the past decade. A discussion of the Asian Wave and suggestions for its further growth are provided.