Tianjin boasts plentiful natural and humanistic resources which reflect modern history and civilization. The city perfectly integrates the modern with the ancient, the east and the west. Tianjin was rated as one of the outstanding tourist cities in China.

In recent years, Tianjin has been focusing on the all-region tourism strategy, and actively promoting the coordinated development in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. It is committed to facilitating the tourism and cultural cooperation among the countries and the regions involved in the Belt and Road Initiative,developing more leisure tourism products such as rural home-stay, agricultural tourism, industrial tourism, red tourism(visits to the historical sites with a revolutionary legacy), sports tourism and offering high-quality and diversified products for tourists.

Tianjin is one of the first Chinese cities to have contact with modern western civilization. Foreign buildings of various styles have been built and preserved in Tianjin, which form a group of historic buildings represented by those at "Wudadao". In modern times, Tianjin once became the political center of China. Some presidents and premiers in the 1910s, and some revolutionary pioneers relocated and stayed in Tianjin. The former residence of each celebrity carries a part of history. All this makes Tianjin a good choice for tourists to develop a good understanding of modern China.

Tianjin has built 6 tourist brands with special features, including Cultural Tour-understanding Modern China through Tianjin, Metropolitan Tour, Tour along Haihe River, Leisure Tour in Binhai New Area, Tour in the Suburbs and China Tourism Industry Expo, so as to develop itself into an influential city and international tourist destination.