Taking the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region as a case study, the development of coupling mechanism among tourism, urbanization and ecological environment of the city are analyzed. The coupling coordinative development and types among tourism, urbanization and ecological system were studied by building the tourism-urbanization-ecological evaluation index system and using the coupled coordination function and quantitative model. The result shows that coupling between tourism, urbanization and ecological environment system generally promoted from the imbalance to coordination from 2004 to 2013. Tourism industry is developing rapidly within the city, and it become more volatile. The urbanization level maintains steady growth. With the development of tourism and urbanization, ecological environmental problems are continuously emerging. The type of the coupling development is given priority to urbanization more than tourism in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region.

tourism; urbanization; ecological environment; coupling; Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region