The economic development speed between east and middle west regions in China has a great gap.The tourism development speed and development degree is different now, so there must be a gap in the contribution of tourism to regional economic development among different regions.This article selects the eastern city of Beijing and the western city of Chongqing as the research objects, by means of tourism income, tourism revenue dependency, tourism contribution rate, tourism pulling rate, income elasticity of demand of tourism, tourism’s contribution to the social employment, tourism’s contribution to the foreign exchange income，studies and compares the contribution degree of two cities’ tourism to the local economic development.After analysis, it indicates that Beijing, which has entered the mature stage, contributes more to regional economic development than the rapid development period of Chongqing.In addition, it is believed that Beijing is in urgent need of industrial transformation to promote the rapid development of tourism in Beijing.Chongqing can boost the development of related industries and people’s employment through tourism, and promote economic development