ABSTRACT
Over the past 50 years, the number of migrants and migrant communities has increased significantly. Diaspora has become a potent force in shaping the linkages between the First and Third Worlds. Notwithstanding, relatively little research has examined the travel characteristics of non-European diasporic communities and the wider implications of such travel. In particular, the connection between Southeast Asian diasporic culture and travel behaviour has remained largely unexplored (cf. Nguyen 1996, 2002; Nguyen and King 1998, 2002; Nguyen et al. 2002; Lew and Wong 2002, Ch. 13). This knowledge gap drives the current chapter.
