Traditional villages and tourism development factors in 31 provinces of China were studied.Through matching coefficient, panel vector autoregression model and panel quantile regression model, the spatial-temporal evolution and interaction mechanism of matching degree between traditional villages and tourism development factors from 2012 to 2018 were discussed. The results show that: (1) The traditional villages and tourism development factors in China are distributed imbalance.The traditional villages are concentrated in central and western China,however, the total number of tourism development factors is superior in the east. (2) From 2012 to 2018, the matching degree between traditional villages and tourism development factors is expanding. Specifically in the Central China, the relative matching type is in the majority.In the east and the west, traditional villages were mainly lagging and leading.(3) There is a significant positive spatial correlation between the matching coefficient of traditional villages and tourism development elements. In the west, the characteristics of “high-high” flake agglomeration are distinct,in the middle and east the “high-low” matching layout is scattered.A spatial pattern of “large agglomeration, small dispersion” and “sheet shape and dot shape” was formed.(4) The interaction of tourism development factors on traditional villages is more significant and the evolution process of the interaction is the result of industrial development, urban-rural integration, cultural environment and policy support.

traditional village; tourism development factors; matching coefficient; interaction