Global Review of Research in Tourism, Hospitality and Leisure Management (GRRTHLM) An Online International Research Journal (ISSN: 2311-3189) 2016 Vol: 2 Issue: 1 354 www.globalbizresearch.org Knowledge Base and Flow of Major Tourism and Hospitality Journals Yulan Yuan, Department of Travel Management, Jinwen University of Science and Technology, Taiwan, Republic of China. E-mail: yoyo@just.edu.tw Yuen-Hsien Tseng, Information Technology Center, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan, Republic of China. E-mail: samtseng@ntnu.edu.tw Chaang-Iuan Ho, Department of Leisure Services Management, Chaoyang University of Technology, Taiwan, Republic of China. E-mail: ciho@cyut.edu.tw ______________________________________________________________ Abstract Knowing the disciplinary compositions of the knowledge bases will enrich the understanding of knowledge creation of tourism and hospitality fields as well as provide a baseline for adjusting curriculum. The references in journal articles provide empirical data on examining knowledge bases and flow of tourism and hospitality fields. This study took bibliographic coupling approach to investigate knowledge bases and flows of six leading tourism and hospitality journals. The five most common origins of references were Management, Business, HLST, Sociology/Social Science and Psychology for tourism. The knowledge of Hospitality was mainly based on Business and Management. Furthermore, the climate change, sustainability, and technology have influence on the every perspective of tourism and hospitality industry, while limited attention was paid to Planning/Development, Political Science/Policy and Geography and Computer Science/Technology. Thus, efforts should be made to reconsidering the content of tourism and hospitality curriculum in reflecting the real world changes. _________________________________________________________________________ Key Words: Tourism education, Knowledge base, Disciplinary focuses, Bibliometric approach