Abstract:The level of local residents′ support for tourism development is directly related to the sustainable development of tourism. Based on the theory of social exchangeꎬ and with the residents of Jintan and Bailangtan in Fangchenggang City as samplesꎬ we use the sense of placeꎬ tourism costꎬ and tourism benefits as the main perception factors of residentsꎬ and use satisfaction as an intermediary to construct a model of residents′ perception and attitudes. The impact of tourism perception on residents′ attitudes towards tourism development is investigated. From the results of empirical researchꎬ we found that residents′ perception of a local place has a significant positive correlation with their satisfactionꎻ residents′ positive percep ̄ tion of tourism impacts has a significant positive correlation with residents′ attitudes towards tourism development. No other assumptions are true. The conclusion is of great significance in our selection and evaluation of the factors affecting resi ̄ dents′ support for tourism development.