Abstract: Huangshan district of Huangshan city was chosen as the research spot, this research analyzes the land use changes of Huangshan district in 2000, 2010 and 2020. Land use transfer martix, the landscape pattern index and correlation analysis were applied to analyze the spatial-temporal changes of land use in the Huangshan district, and the correlation between the change of different land types and the development of local tourism was analyzed. The results indicates that from 2000 to 2020, the main land use change in Huangshan district is farmland and forest converted into water area and urban area, the urbanization speed is fast, and the urban area increases by 2 681 hm²（503%） during this period. The urbanization process of the towns around the scenic spot is faster than that of other towns, which indicates that tourism will promote the urbanization process of the surrounding areas. The human activities in Huangshan district in the past 20 years have led to the fragmentation of the landscape. The urban expansion was lack of planning and relatively scattered, reasonable planning should be paid attention to the following development. With the development of local tourism economy, the area of water area and urban area increased year by year, while the area of cultivated land, forest land and grassland decreased yearly, which may be resulted in the change of the main income source of local people.

Key words: land use change, landscape pattern index, tourism development, Huangshan district