Energy is the basic industry of tourism economic development. This paper, based on the city tourism economy, analyses with depth the relationship between energy and urban tourism economy, and from the view of the energy point, analyses urban tourism economic development issues, and raises the issues in accordance with the relevant countermeasures. The analysis reveals that the supply problem of energy will affect the tourism economy, which causes pollution problems also limit the city's economic development, and supply problem and polluting energy sources will change consumer preferences of tourism projects, leading to maintenance and development of some existing tourism projects, which would change the future direction of the city 's tourism economy.