Reasonable regional tourism economic distribution structure is essential for tourism development coordination and integration within the international golden Yangtze river tourism belt.Eight cities in Hubei section of the Yangtze River Economic Zone are considered as research objects,with domestic tourism income and inbound tourism income from 1998 to 2016 as measure indexes.Hubei locates in Central China,along the middle stream of Yangtze river.And there are eight prefectures within the Hubei Section of Yangtze River Economic Belt(HSYREB),which is grouped into the eastern urban part and the w...