Abstract: The objective of this paper is to define the strategy to be followed to improve and develop nautical tourism in Croatia, taking into account all the factors involved in this activity, with the main importance of protecting the environment and establishing the lines to be followed to respond to the entire demand and for economic development.Nautical tourism seaports make an open, dynamic and complex system which has been rapidly evolving, this is the reason for the development of this system requires continual monitoring and research to preserve their environment and ecosystems to have a future tourism sector. In order to have environmentally sustainable nautical tourism, investments must be made in infrastructures and in controls. The growth must respond to the demands, respecting in any case, the measures of management and prevention of fight against the pollution.
