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Annals of Tourism Research, Vol. 38, No. 1, pp. 7–26, 2011 0160-7383/$ - see front matter 2010 Published by Elsevier Ltd. Printed in Great Britain /locate/atoures doi:10.1016/j.annals.2010.11.012 EDITORIAL DEVELOPMENTS IN TOURISM SOCIAL SCIENCE John Tribe University of Surrey, UK Honggen Xiao The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong INTRODUCTION This editorial, which will be a permanent feature in the first issue of each yearly volume of the journal, represents a new initiative for Annals of Tourism Research. Its purpose is to offer a space of reflexivity both about the journal itself and the knowledge which it publishes. It will be presented in two main sections. The first section, titled Journal Developments, offers an update on the journal itself. This will include information about changes to the editorial board, a summary of any changes to the journal’s protocols, a commentary on some of the broad data available for the journal and reflections on the journal. The second section, titled Developments in Knowledge, will offer a reflection on recent articles published in the journal. It will analyze trends in tourism knowledge published in Annals. JOURNAL DEVELOPMENTS Editorial Changes As from January 2008 Jafar Jafari stepped down as Editor-in-Chief of Annals and John Tribe took over this role. Annals has not yet carried a note of appreciation to Dr Jafari a