Using the statistical data from 2005 to 2015, Shaanxi Province was taking as an example to compare the distribution characteristics and spatial structure evolution′s differences of inbound tourism scale and domestic tourism scale with the methods and theories of first degree, the rank size rule, tourism economic relation intensity model and social network analysis. The results show that the sizes of two major tourism markets are characterized by bipolar distribution that inbound tourism size is concentrated distributed, and the domestic tourism scale is balanced distributed. The stages of space evolution of two tourism market are different that inbound tourism is in the gathering stage and domestic tourism scale is distributed from agglomeration to diffusion, and then to the integrated development. The spatial differentiations of inbound tourism and domestic tourism are due to small size of inbound tourism and large scale of domestic tourism, inbound market′s preference of high level scenic spots and domestic market′s favorite of leisure attractions, the choice of air traffic of inbound market and accessible traffic of domestic market.

inbound tourism; domestic tourism; spatial structure; Shaanxi Province