Recently, local government made tourism for policies, which developed rural tourism and enhanced local economy. Thus, this study aimed for exploring the perception of rural tourism development in Namasia district in Kaohsiung city by the tourists and residents. Data for the study came from a survey of the Namasia district in Kaohsiung city. The population of this study comprised the tourists who participated in rural tourism and residents who lived in Namasia district, which applied convenient sampling. The results of this study which applied IPA approach indicated more items in first quadrant (44.44%), it showed that residents had high service supply and tourists had high recreational demand. We concluded with some implications of these findings for local government. This study makes recommendations for developing aboriginal culture and nature environment.