Yangtze River Economic Zone has rich and high-quality cultural tourism resources and booming market，which building a good basis for division of labor and coordinated development of regional cultural tourism industry. The Yangtze River Economic Zone is one of the regions with the strongest comprehensive strength and the greatest strategic support in China’s tourism industry. Promoting the integration of the tourism industry in the Yangtze River Economic Zone and building the Yangtze River International Gold Tourism Belt are the breakthrough points and important factors. So far，tourism industry of the 11 provinces and cities in the Yangtze River economic zone has made remarkable achievements in the fields of integration of Culture and Tourism，promoting rural tourism as well as optimizing the ecological environment. At the same time，there are still differences in the development environment，distribution of resources and operating performance among the provinces or cities of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. Finally，this article puts forward the corresponding suggestions on further improving the institutional mechanism，deepening the regional cooperation，updating the products and pushing the safeguard measures in combination with the important development opportunities of the Yangtze River tourism belt.