Human capital innovation is an important way to promote the efficient development of tourism economy. Based on the panel data from 2009 to 2017, taking the six provinces in Central China as the research unit, the coefficient of variation σ Coefficient and panel regression model are used to explore the spatial and temporal evolution characteristics of the tourism economy and the difference in the impact of human capital on the tourism economy . The results show that during the study period, in general, the development level of tourism economy in the central region has been steadily rising, from 0.181 in 2009 to 1.081 in 2017. From the perspective of provinces, the spatial distribution pattern is "Shanxi > Jiangxi > Hubei > Anhui > Hunan > Henan".From the perspective of regional development differences, the relative and absolute differences in the level of tourism economic development in the central region are constantly expanding, showing an unbalanced and uncoordinated evolution.The impact of human capital on the development level of tourism economy in the central region generally presents a "U" type relationship of first inhibition and then promotion, showing obvious spatial heterogeneity.