With Maolan National Natural Reserve as the example,the present development of ecotourism and its great significance to community economic development were expounded,the main problems existing in the ecotourist development of Maolan Reserve were exposed,and some suggestions were proposed for speeding up the construction pace of ecotourism,improving the service level and reception capacity,expanding the coverage of people receiving benefits from tourist economy,strengthening the development of tourist products,elongating the industrial chain of tourist economy and establishing feedback mechanism so as to promote the community economic development.