There are many karst caves in China and each karst cave is a special part of natural landscape resources.How to exploit karst cave resources to develop tourism relates to the the effective exploitation of karst caves resources.The author comprehensively analyzed the main influential factors of karst cave tourism development and concluded that the influential factors were the feature of karst caves resources,transportation condition,construction condition,regional economic development level,source market,regional combination of scenic spots,spatial competition,investors' decision-making behavior,local residents' attitudes and so on.The integrated action of these factors codetermines whether karst cave tourism development successes or not.Only by thoroughly realizing the status and role of every influential factor karst cave tourism development could be reasonably conducted,exploiting strong points and avoiding shortcomings.