The new scientific and technological revolution，represented by artificial intelligence，has great impact on the global society and economy. In the field of tourism，technological progress is greatly changing the trend of global tourism development. This paper analyzes the eight major technologies closely related to tourism development in recent years. Through exploringthe technical characteristics，its application in tourism and its impact on the development of global tourism，thus analyzes the trend of global tourism development driven by science and technology，and provides reference for the driving transformation，development trend and technological progress of China’s tourism development.