The Republic of Croatia has a great potential for positioning as one of more desirable touristic destinations. Croatian tourism could significantly contribute to development of economy by keeping up with trends, investing in touristic development, making plans and necessary strategies. Tourism is nowadays considered as one of the fastest growing branches of economy which gives each country strategic importance for starting both economic activities and the country economy. Tourism influences on other economic branches educing their development. Networking of domestic economic activities gives mutual benefit. Besides its contribution on economy and influence on the growth of the Gross domestic product, tourism also causes reducing unemployment what strengthens the whole society. In Croatia, tourism is the branch on which economy relies while at the same time other branches are neglected, undeveloped and fading away what doesn't give optimistic prognosis for the long – term development of the very country. Tourism should be considered as a side product but not the main management activity which generates the major profit. The Republic of Croatia has good prerequisites for attaining success on touristic market as well as achieving the development of management. Local, national and strategic plans are used for better and higher quality development. The intention of this written work is to show the historical development of tourism in Croatian, its influence on its economy and the vision of the country for its further development and progress. The basic purpose of this work is to show the importance of tourism for development of management as one of the most important and most influential branch of economy, especially for the Republic of Croatia.