Abstract: Traffic is the basic condition of tourism activities, and its impact on tourism has been a hot question of the academic research. As a new means of transport, high-speed rail has outstanding passenger capacity, its impact on tourism activities are highlighted. So, the attention of domestic and international scholars on high-speed rail travel is also increasing rapidly. Through the analysis of relevant research results, this paper draws a conclusion by using the method of bibliometrics, text analysis and social network analysis to analyze the document headings and keywords of the related literatures of high-speed rail tourism research at home and abroad.The conclusion is four research hot spots, respectively is " high-speed rail impact on the accessibility of research ", " high-speed rail impact on tourism research", " high-speed rail impact on tourism spatial structure research" and " high-speed rail on the impact of tourists ".This paper summarizes the four research hotspots and the research progress of high-speed rail tourism both domestic and international, and compares the differences between Chinese and foreign research, and puts forward the prospect and enlightenment of the future research of China 's high-speed rail tourism.