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With the development of economy and the level of life, tourismdevelops very quickly in the past decades and becomes an importantindustry in the national economy. Many local governments in china havepaid more attention to develop tourism to diversity the local economy. Thetourism industry is very important in the development of local socialeconomy and culture, however, it brings the resource depletion andenvironmental pollution at the same time.Qiandao Lake, which lies in Chunan County, Zhejiang Province, waschosen as the study site. In this paper, the state of tourism and environmentof Qiandao Lake was investigated. In addition, it mainly analyses theimpacts of tourism on environment in the following aspects: the impact oftourist infrastructure development, the impact of discharge of waste gas,sewage, solid waste and noise from tourism industry, the impact oftourist’ s activities and the impact of tourism production.Based on the analysis of impact of tourism on environment, somestrategy and counter-measures are proposed to harmonize two sides. Thecounter-measures, which include laws, management, supervise, education,study and so on, are very essential in the development of tourism inQiandao Lake and in the protection of the environment of Qiandao Lake.
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