The primary purposes of this study were to investigate Tan Shui Area residents' perceptions towards local tourism development. Residents of different demographic backgrounds and personality were examined to test if there were any significant differences among their perceptions towards tourism development and its impacts. The results of factor analysis showed the impacts of tourism could be classified into four factors：environment, facility, economic, and social- cultural factors. The primary results of this study showed that local residents of different ages, education hold, household incomes, correlativeness of occupation and tourism, and resided reason different opinions towards tourism impacts. The study also found that the relationship between local residents' personalities, space difference and their opinions towards tourism impacts was significantly related.
