Tianlong Mountain is the scenic spot that sets natural and cultural tourism resources in one, 36 kilometers away to the southwest of Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province. This scenery gives an exquisite refinement with different seasons. The sculpture of figures of Buddha and caisson Ceiling are beautifully expressive, which is known as the style of Tianlong Mountain and the sixth largest grotto in China. To the ancient days, Tianlong Mountain had become a famous tourist destination because of "eight landscape". Currently, the scenic spot has got a certain degree of development but still existing some problems, so it is very significant to research on further developing its tourism.Based on the field investigation to Tianlong Mountain tourism development, this paper analyses its current situation and existing problems, discusses the principles and model that its further development should follow, and puts forward five suggestions. The structure of the paper is as follows: Part 1 mainly describes the research background and significance, the review both at home and abroad, research methods and processes. Part 2 summarizes and evaluates the characteristics of Tianlong Mountain's tourism resources in accordance with the classification of tourism resources in the "Tourism Resources, Survey and Evaluation".Part3 analyses its current situation and existing problems. Part 4 demonstrates the feasibility and necessity to further development of Tianlong Mountain .Part 5 discusses the principles that should be followed in the further development of tourism. Part 6 outlines the scenic location and tourism source market analysis. Part 7 provides the optional mode. Part 8 is the key of the paper, giving five suggestions from the management system, tourist facilities, publicity and promotion, finance, and human resources, etc. |