This article contains information about the development of the economy in Croatia, troubles with which the economy encountered and its current status. Also, this article describes the historical development of Croatian tourism through four periods. The majority of this article belongs to the descripton of rural tourism in Croatia. The article describes the basics of rural tourism, the current status of rural tourism and the effects of rural tourism in Croatia. At the end through examples of indigenous villiger-family tourist economy Sklepić from Karanac and tasting honey products "Honey points of central Istria' we will describe rural tourism in Slavonia and Istria and its impact on economic development.