In this paper, we use the method of questionnaire survey and correlation analysis to study the relationship between Tourism Industry development and tobacco sales in Xishuangbanna Autonomous Prefectures. The impact of Tourism Industry development to tobacco sales is divided into direct effect and indirect effect. We consider both the quantity influence and the structure influence from former two aspects. The result of the direct effect has shown that tourists are account for 10% of total

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... consumption in Xishuangbanna, tourists' consumption amount is even higher and consumption structure is better than local resident. We then study the indirect effect by considering tourism's impact on Local Residents Disposable Income Level (LRDIL), and then study the difference in consumption structure between tourism regions and non-tourism regions. The results proved that residents in tourism region has a better consumption structure. Synthesizing the direct and indirect impact analysis, we get the conclusion that Tourism Industry development surely have a positive influence on tobacco sales in Xishuangbanna. Finally, we put forward some suggestions on effectively using the promotion effect of tourism industry.