The vigorous development of the tourism industry has prompted rural tourism to become one of the most popular travel methods. The unique natural environment and landscape of rural tourism has become the first choice for tourists for leisure travel, attracting a large number of domestic and international tourists. It has promoted the transfer and development of tourism, promoted the prosperity of the countryside, and played a key role in the realization of rural revival. This paper expounds the reasons for the rapid development of rural tourism under the environment of smart tourism, and further analyzes the current new mode of developing rural tourism economy, in order to find the correct development direction for the development of rural tourism.