Based on the classification system of the general sunvey standards of tourism
resources in China, a modified classification
plan of 78 basic types in 3 grades is put forward in this paper. Then the types and the characteristics of the tourism
resources in Xinjiang are analyzed. Totally 100 tourism sights and sceneries which can represent the elite of the tourism resources in Xinjiang are enumerated, and their names, locations and basic types are described. The guiding ideology, development objective and macro distribution of the tourism economy in Xinjiang are discussed. The tourism areas in Xinjiang are divided into 4 regions, i.e. the"area of Asian Centre", north Xinjiang, south Xinjiang, and east Xinjiang, and 10 sub regions, and 19 major development areas are determined. It is suggested that the Silk Road and the routes around Tarim Basin, and Junggar Basin and in the central Tianshan Mountains be the main tourism routes, and some special tourism routes are also considered for the special purposes, such as scientific
investigation, mountaineering, archaeology,hunting, automobile rally, desert exploration and investigation of historic sites. Finally, some measures for protecting the environment along the tourism routes are put forward aiming at the environmental problems occurring in the local tourism.