[Objectives] The Rhesus Macaque (Macaca mulatta) is the most widely distributed non-human primate. Because of the variety of its behaviors and facial expressions, Rhesus Macaque is not only a common animal in zoos and wild parks, but also an important resource in many tourism sites. In the past several decades, exploiting local Rhesus Macaques for sightseeing has been popular for tourist industry in China and some of scenic areas have even introduced Rhesus Macaque from other areas or from artificial breeding ones. Given the potential negative ecological impacts of human-macaque conflicts from the introduction of Rhesus Macaque, it is crucial to monitor the status of Rhesus Macaque in sightseeing areas. However, there is lack of such survey on the current situation of Rhesus Macaque-involved tourism in China. [Methods] In the present study, key words including “Rhesus Macaque” and “scenic area”, “forest park”, “natural reserve” and “tourism area” were adopted to search the Rhesus Macaque-involved tourism areas by using the search engine “Baidu”, and the time window of the survey covered from January 1st, 2000 to October 31th, 2021. Then the data including location, type of tourism areas, origin of Rhesus Macaque, the year of introducing and the number of introduced population were compiled into a database for further analysis. To improve the accuracy of the dataset, we double-checked the compiled information from official websites, newspaper, online news, and literatures. [Results] (1) There were a total of 164 Rhesus Macaque-involved tourism sites distributed in 20 provincial administrative regions, with 97, 36, 20 and 11 places named as “scenic area”, “forest park”, “natural reserve” and “tourism area”, respectively. (2) There were 105 places where Rhesus Macaques were naturally distributed and exploited for tourism, 53 places where Rhesus Macaques were introduced intentionally for tourism, and 6 places where were not clear about the origin of the Rhesus Macaques, however, all the Rhesus Macaques in the tourism areas in Beijing, Shandong, Jiangsu and Hebei were introduced populations. (3) The earliest introduction of Rhesus Macaques could be dated back to 1980s and 1990s, while the peak period for introducing Rhesus Macaques was during 2005 and 2010 including 16 places. (4) Only 13 out of 53 places could be traced back to the source of Rhesus Macaque populations, including 3 tourism areas introduced macaques from the Xinye Macaque Breeding Farms in Nanyang of Henan Province, where the Rhesus Macaques could descent from mixed subspecies. [Conclusion] This study suggests that Rhesus Macaque-involved tourism has changed the natural distribution of Rhesus Macaques in China. We suggest that wildlife management department should establish a graded approval system for Rhesus Macaque- involved tourism projects, and conduct strict ecological security evaluation before introducing Rhesus Macaques for tourism.