This study chose the disaster risk cognition as the research topic, taking the site of Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems, Hani Terraces in Yuanyang County, Yunnan province in southwestern China as an example. On the basis of in-depth interviews and semi-structured questionnaire survey data in three villages of two types community (tourism community, non-tourism community) of Yuanyang County, this paper analyzed differences of disaster risk cognition between two types of community and in the tourism community. With the framework of pressure-state-response (PSR), this paper proposed the conceptual model of relationship between disaster risk cognition and adaption behavior in the tourism community and non-tourism community. The result showed that: (1) On the premise of terraced land as the core tourism attraction of agricultural heritage, there were several main indicators to distinguish between tourism community (Tugezhai and Mengpin) and non-tourism community (Quanfuzhuang), which were visualization intangible cultural heritage resources (including folk dance and traditional costumes), increased income and employment opportunities, increased foreign investment and traditional culture protection. The possibility of traditional natural scenery, green agriculture products and national customs as the indicator has been excluded. (2) Compared to the non-tourism community, overall disaster risk cognition level of people in tourism community was relatively higher, for example cumulative answer ratio of six kinds of local main natural hazards (drought, mountain flash flood, landslide, debris flow, earthquake and low temperature disaster) in Mengpin is 145%, while 80% in Quanfuzhuang. Respondents in tourism community were more sensitive to disaster risk due to the more types of hazard-affected bodies (HAB), more wide scope of HAB spatial distribution and more high value of HABs under the tourism development, who suffered disaster losses and potential losses might be greater. As for forest and water, 93% of respondents in Mengpin considered terrace may be affected by all kinds of hazards, and 67% of Quanfuzhuang expressed the same opinion. Two types community presented obvious differences in worries about the extent of the damage in terraces, forest and water. While people in Quanfuzhuang did not show the unwarranted worries about it. Residents of tourism community were more willing to take the imitative to adapt to disasters risk due to the higher sensitivities and more severe potential losses. More than 60% interviewees in both Tugezhai and Mengpin were willing to take active adaptation measures (e.g. diversifying the income resources, adjusting the crop structure, engaging in tourism development and so on), while the rate of Quanfuzhuang is relative lower, 48%. (3) PSR framework can be used to explain the differences of disaster risk cognition of tourism community in agricultural heritage sites.