Abstract: Most existing review papers on residents` perception of tourism focus on the specific content of residents` perception of tourism.Little is on the factors influencing residents` perception of tourism and the cluster analysis of residents based on these factors.The paper attempts to fill the gap.It is concluded as follows.The influencing factors are grouped into demographic,sci-economic and spacial ones.Such research procedures as sample size,data collection and comparison across different scales need bettering.More is discussed on research methods based on the content analysis of research methods to further consider supplementing the quantitative research with structural survey of typical cases and rich background information.