| As a new form of promoting rural economic development, rural ecological tourism has become a new focus of rural development research. 225 papers published in SCI, CSSCI and core journals in recent 20 years are taken as the research object, whose researches related to domestic rural ecological tourism are divided into basic research and macro research. Respectively, basic interpretations are made on relevant concepts, theoretical basis, influencing factors and development model of rural ecological tourism, theoretical researches are made in development and management, sustainable development, stakeholder and related evaluation system of rural ecological tourism. It is concluded that although the present research develops in the research field, research scope and research methods, there are still defects in research content and case site selection. It is necessary to balance various research fields, constantly improve relevant research, carefully select case site, so as to promote the development of rural ecological tourism in China. |