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The rapid development of China’s tourism industry has been accompanied by an increase in CO 2 emissions, while the tourism transport accounts for a major share of CO 2 emissions. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the dynamic change of CO 2 emissions from tourism transport in Heilongjiang Province over the period 1978–2012. The results showed that the total CO 2 emissions of tourism transport rose from 13.1 × 10 4 t in 1978 to 224.17 × 10 4 t in 2012, following an average annual growth rate of 9.47%. Among four transport modes, highways transport represented the leading source of CO 2 emissions from tourism transport. CO 2 emissions from airways transport have increased dramatically and became the second largest contributor since 2003. Emissions from railway transport have remained relatively stable and that of waterways transport showed a decreased trend over the years.