Abstract: Tourism urbanization is one of the most important forms in the process of urbanization in China. The spatial structure of
urbanization in northwest Yunnan shows general characteristics of fragmented spatial distribution of urban areas, weak interaction
forces, small scale of cities and towns, strong resource orientation, rational function and structure of buildings, and separated
development of old and new cities. Accordingly, this paper discusses in depth the causes of the formation of urban spatial distribution,
and proposes the strategies for the urbanization of tourism in northwestern Yunnan from the harmonious coordination between ecology
and urbanization, industry and urbanization, and ecology and industry, and therefore constructs a road of tourism urbanization with
certain characteristics in the process of national urbanization.