Based on tourism ecological footprint model and 2000-2012 statistical yearbook data and Zhangjiajie tourism industry survey data, evaluate the Zhangjiajie tourism sustainable development. The result shows: the zhangjiajie tourism ecological footprint always is on the rise, Zhangjiajie tourism development is still in an unsustainable state, ecological deficit is on the rise as a whole. Finally from the ecological footprint model, the principles of tourism development, tourism development mode is proposed, perfecting the countermea...