随着我国改革开放程度的不断深化,国内外游客的交替不断频繁。这就使得旅游业发展中的国际交往因素不断增多。为了保证旅游业的繁荣,就必须要对其接待文化加以发展,尤其是语言,无论是中国游客进入外国区域还是外国游客进入中国区域,都必须要具有一定的语言交流。因此,在旅游企业中,对应工作人员必须要加强自身的外语训练。英语作为当前适用范围最广的语言,其实用性较强。因此,在我国当前的旅游教学中,也存在英语导游这一专业。而英语导游必须要具有对应的英语能力。《旅游英语》就是在该种背景下所形成的一门特殊学科。本文针对旅游英语进行描述,并且就当前的旅游情况等加以分析,进而提出旅游业发展对于导游英语学习的切实需求,并且在教学中做出对应的改革,从而推动英语导游职业能力的培养,促进我国旅游业的长期发展。 With the continuous deepening of the reform and opening up in our country, the turnover of tourists at home and abroad has been constantly changing. This makes the development of tourism in the growing number of international exchanges. In order to ensure the prosperity of the tourism industry, it is necessary to develop its reception culture, especially the language. Whether Chinese tourists enter the foreign area or foreign tourists enter the Chinese area, they must have certain language exchange. Therefore, in tourism enterprises, the corresponding staff must strengthen their own foreign language training. As the most widely used language in the present, English is more practical. Therefore, in our country’s current tourism teaching, there is also a professional English guide. English speaking guides must have corresponding English skills. “Tourism English” is a special discipline formed in this kind of background. This article describes tourism English, and analyzes the current tourism conditions, and then put forward the practical demand of tourism development for English tour guides, and make corresponding reforms in teaching so as to promote the cultivation of professional English tour guides and promote Long-term development of tourism in our country.