Promoting the integrated development of culture and tourism is one of the key tasks during the “14th Five-Year Plan” period. In recent years，ethnic areas have given full play to the advantages of resource endowment，integrated resources from multiple fields such as functions，formats，products and markets，and promoted the integration of cultural industry and tourism. The overall coupling and coordination degree of cultural industry and tourism system is on the rise. Ethnic areas have accumulated rich experience in promoting the integration of culture and tourism，including taking strong policy support and guarantee，paying attention to the creative transformation and innovative development of excellent traditional culture，relying on rich and diverse ecological resources and good ecological environment，and promoting the integration of culture and tourism and enriching the people and benefiting the people. However，there is still a gap between the development level of cultural and tourism integration and the high-quality coordination level，and there are many challenges，such as the dual pressure of national culture protection and development，the lack of traction of cultural industry，the weak integration and development ability of cultural and tourism pilot enterprises，the insufficient support of scientific and technological innovation for cultural and tourism integration，and the lack of high-quality cultural and tourism talents. In order to further improve the development quality of cultural and tourism integration，combined with the actual development of ethnic areas，some suggestions are put forward. Strengthening the construction of national cultural corridors and build world-class cultural and tourism brands. “Culture and tourism +”“+ culture and tourism” two-way empowerment to cultivate a new business form of cultural and tourism integration. Strengthening the cultivation of the main body of the cultural tourism market，and create a batch of flagship and powerful cultural tourism. Making efforts to “technology+creativity+tourism”，and promote the digital and creative transformation of cultural tourism. Establishing a cultural，tourism，science and education innovation alliance to build a “talent highland” for cultural and tourism integration.