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Identifying research trends in the specific field of the study is fundamentally insightful and meaningful in that in can help to understand the constantly changing research paradigm, as well as present future research directions in a particular field. This study attempted to identify trends and changes in domestic marine tourism studies. To analyze this, 245 previous related studies during the period from 1989 to 2014 were collected and reviewed. According to results from the network analysis using keywords of searched studies, overall, the word “development” was the most closely associated keyword with marine tourism. The second and third closely associated words were “sports” and “leisure.” “Resource” and “value” follow in that order. Nonetheless, results by the three study periods (1989-2000; 2001-2010; and 2011-2014) showed that keyword in domestic marine tourism research have been widely connected with new themes and many other issues including residents’ recreation, economy, culture, marketing, storytelling, festivals/events, visitors’ motivation, images, experiences, and satisfaction, and so on.