The urban river in Fuzhou has its unique environment and historical elegance.It is important to develop tourism on and along the urban river scientifically and give full play to its role of tourist resort for the further development of Fuzhou.On the basis of 95 polls which target to different customers,this paper records both the evaluation on the current situation and the expectation to the future development of inland river tourism from the public.This paper also finds that the water quality must be preserved both in the forepart and ending time of the inland river tourism development.At the same time,it’s necessary to preserve and promote the historical connotation of the urban river and enhance its image and potentiality as tourist resort.Some development ideas for tourism on and along the urban river in Fuzhou based on the recommendations from the experts as well as the author’s understanding are put forward finally.