[Objective] The heavy metal pollution and potential ecological risk of soil in Kanas scenic area were evaluated to provide reference for scientific management and protection of scenic area resources.[Methods] The Kanas area was used as the study area to determine As, Pb, Hg, Cd, Zn, Cr, and Cu contents of soil samples, through the pollution load index. A comprehensive evaluation of the heavy metal pollution in the Kanas area was conducted. The potential ecological risk index was used to evaluate the potential ecological risk of heavy metals in the soil. The correlation analysis and principal component analysis were used to analyze the heavy metal sources and pollution levels.[Results] ① The average contents of As, Pb, Hg, Cd, Zn, Cr and Cu in the surface soil of the study area were 6.48, 16.60, 0.10, 0.08, 84.71, 2.47 and 32.23 mg.kg-1, respectively, of which As, Pb, Hg and Cd were high. The soil background values in Xinjiang area, Zn, Cr and Cu are lower than the soil background values in Xinjiang area. ② The human activities were different from the 7 kinds of heavy metals, their contents were different. ③ Hg was a heavy pollution in a extremely strong disturbance plot of human activities, a strong disturbance plot of human activities, and a slight disturbance plot of human activity(PLI values are 5.70, 4.36, and 4.64 respectively). And Zn, Cr and and Cuwere slightly polluted. All metal RIs were less than 150. There was only a slight ecological hazard in the study area, but Hg pollution in the study area needed more attention. ④ Correlation analysis showed that most of the 7 heavy metals had a relationship. The sources of Cd and Hg are the same and the source of As, Zn and Cu may be the same.[Conclusions] The Kanas scenic area interferes with the accumulation of heavy metals in the soil by tourism activities, and the heavy metal pollution in the soil is more serious.