NAUTICAL TOURISM – MODEL OF DEVELOPMENT IN THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA TILL 2015.

This paper analyses the sustainable development of nautical tourism. A model of growth was used in order to defi ne the main characteristics and determinants of nautical tourism.
The purpose of the paper was to present a scientifi cally-based formulation of sustainable development analysis of nautical tourism in Croatia, based on evaluation and analysis of relevant variables and resulting direct rates of growth. The main scientific hypothesis is confi rmed by the direct rates of growth of the model variables. On the basis of scientific comprehension of the development of nautical
tourism, a new model of the development of nautical tourism in Croatia is suggested.