湘西民族地区是苗族、土家族等民族世代居住地,有着神奇的历史文化古迹、独特的民俗风情、厚重的民俗文化,因此,蕴藏着丰富的文化旅游资源。在全球经济一体化的今天,国内外的旅游业出现了新变化,文化旅游逐渐赢得了人们的广泛青睐。而湘西地区有着丰富的文化旅游资源,如何创新湘西民族区域文化旅游模式,做大做强湘西文化旅游,让文化旅游业成为推动当地经济、社会发展的支柱性产业,加快当地小康社会建设进程,提升当地居民的幸福指数,成为摆在人们面前的重大社会课题。所以,研究如何开辟湘西民族区域文化旅游发展新路径,具有重要的时代价值。 The Xiangxi ethnic area is the place where Miao nationality and Tujia nationality lived for generations. It has magical historical and cultural monuments, unique folk customs and thick folk culture. Therefore, it contains abundant cultural tourism resources. At the moment of global economic integration, new changes have taken place in the tourism industry at home and abroad, and cultural tourism has gradually won widespread favor of people. The western Hunan region is rich in cultural and tourism resources. How to innovate the cultural tourism pattern of ethnic regions in western Hunan, to make cultural tourism in western Hunan bigger and stronger, to make cultural tourism a pillar industry to promote local economy and social development, speed up the construction of well- To enhance the happiness index of local residents has become a major social issue facing people. Therefore, studying how to open up a new path for the development of cultural tourism in the ethnic minority areas of Western Hunan has an important value of the times.