At the beginning of the first chapter of the thesis, the crisis in tourism is defined and the sensibility of tourism to violent events in the environment is explained. The crises of terrorism, war and political instability, natural disasters, and epidemics and diseases are explained in more detail. This is followed by the second part of the chapter which includes a description of the new virus as well as its impact on tourism in general. The sensibility of tourism to the COVID- 19 crisis, the development of sustainable tourism during a pandemic and a reflection on the development of tourism after the crisis are explained. The next chapter is about tourism in Croatia before and during the pandemic. Tourism and its development in Croatia are described, and then the chapter describes three different periods of tourism related to the pandemic. The period considered before the pandemic is 2019 and by processing data, the total tourist traffic, structure of tourists, consumption, etc. is determined. As the period during the pandemic, the tourist season 2020 was analyzed in which the same data were processed as in the previous year, and also compared. The last part of the chapter lists the implemented measures of the Government for the recovery of tourism in Croatia, as well as reflections on its future development. The third chapter analyzes the impact of the pandemic on the tourism of the city of Vodice. At the beginning of the chapter, the natural-geographical features of Vodice, their transport infrastructure and the history of the city are explained. Then, a short history and development of the city's tourism is presented, and the tourist attraction basis of this area is defined. After that, the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the tourism of Vodice during the tourist season 2020 is explained. Finally, the possibilities for further development of tourism after the pandemic are discussed. The last chapter of the paper deals with the processing of data collected by survey research and testing of hypotheses. The obtained results are stated and interpreted.