After the end of the Homeland war tourist traffic of the Republic of Croatia has been growing almost continuously. It has been stopped only on two ocasions, first in 2009. by the World Financial Crisis and then in 2020. after the discovery of the COVID-19 diseas. The disease spread rapidly around the world. In response to the global outbreak countries closed their borders, suspened flights, introduced curfews and shut down all non essential parts of the economy and society. The world had completely changed within a few months and the main goal of the international community was to prevent the spread of the disease and the discovery of a vaccine against the SARS-CoV 2 virus that causes COVID-19 disease. The Republic of Croatia and other tourist destinations tried to prepare for a very challenging tourist season. The shortcomings of tourism in the Republic of Croatia are expressed by the pronounced seasonality, sun and sea based tourism offer, high influence of tourism on the overall economy. The advantages are good road connections of most of the country, proximity to emitting markets, indented coastline and membership in the European Union.