Culture is the soul of tourism,but also the basis of the survival and development of the tourism industry.The importance of culture in tourism is undeniable.But,the concept of tourism culture research has been inconclusive,which causes the mess of tourism culturalstudy,and interferes with the progress of tourism study greatly.The paper summarizes,and analyzes previous tourism,culture,cultural studies,cultural resources,and tourism and cultural resources,tourism culture products.The paper concludes that the concept of tourism and cultural tourism activities should be defined itself as the main body.Therefore,all the cultural phenomena and relations around the tourism can be called tourism culture.