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An impressive series of content analyses of tourism-related research trends publications from several renowned tourism journals (including the Journal of Tourism Sciences, the Korean Journal of Tourism Research and the Journal of Tourism & Leisure) has been reported. This research analyzes the journal papers published in the Journal of Tourism Management Research, one of the leading research journals in hospitality and tourism in Korea, to obtain a comprehensive understanding of the research trend of the relevant journal. A collection of 233 journal papers published in the Journal of Tourism Management Research between 2007 and 2013 was analysed in terms of their keywords and the relations by network text analysis which combines network analysis of texts and content analysis. The core research topics in the Journal of Tourism Management Research since 2007 can be explained with "satisfaction" and "behavioral intention." Apart from providing an in-depth review of research trend on the Journal of Tourism Management Research, relevance of the new methodology and topics for the future research were proposed.