《旅游经济学》在高等院校旅游管理专业的地位和作用十分重要,作为专业必修基础课开设。目前由于学科发展的滞后性,《旅游经济学》课程建设及教学还存在诸多亟待解决的问题。本文针对《旅游经济学》的特点,分析了其教学现状,提出了其教学改革的方法,以期培养学生分析和解决实际问题的能力;促进旅游教育和旅游经济的可持续发展。 “Tourism Economics” in tourism management in institutions of higher professional status and role is very important, as a compulsory basic course set up. At present, due to the lag of subject development, there are still many problems to be solved in the course construction and teaching of Tourism Economics. In this paper, according to the characteristics of Tourism Economics, this paper analyzes the current situation of teaching and puts forward some teaching reform methods to cultivate students’ abilities to analyze and solve practical problems. It also promotes the sustainable development of tourism education and tourism economy.