With the continuous improvement of people's living standards, people's consumption demand for tourism has increased year by year. In recent years, rural tourism has developed by leaps and bounds. With the rapid development of tourism, the advantages of rural tourism can be reflected. In order to solve the employment problem of farmers and realize the strategy of sustainable development, in recent years, based on the advantages of location, ecology and culture, xintai city has insisted on promoting the differentiation principle of rural tourism industry characteristics, making scientific plans, vigorously developing and increasing investment, which has promoted the rapid development of rural tourism industry. At present, rural tourism in Xintai has begun to take shape and accumulated experience in practice. However, it also encountered a series of problems in the process of development, such as imperfect tourism infrastructure, imperfect operation and management system, low quality of tourism professionals, poor awareness of tourism environmental protection, single tourism products, lack of innovation and unreasonable development of scenic spots. This paper mainly introduces the development status, problems and solutions of rural tourism in xintai city under the background of rural revitalization.