On the basis of the data of the inbound tourist flow amount and tourism income in nine provinces in China’s border areas during 1980-2011，time synchronization and regional response for their tourism development are analyzed， and the results show that the inbound tourism of China’s border provinces can be divided into such three development stages as slow growth stage during 1980-1991，rapid growth stage during 1992-2003 and accelerated growth stage during 2004-2011，that the growth change and volatility period of inbound tourism in the border provinces are approximately the same，but their correlation number is low，that there is big difference in inbound tourism development between different border provinces，that the development trend of inbound tourism at different stages in different provinces can be dynamically described according to development starting point for inbound tourism at different stage in different border provinces divided by standard year data and according to development speed of inbound tourism at different stages in different border provinces divided by average growth speed，in order to reveal regional response of inbound tourism development in different provinces and provide reference for dynamic comparative research on inbound tourism development in different provinces and for tourism development plan-making.