U radu se analizira utjecaj turizma na hrvatsku platnu bilancu. Platnom bilancom prikazuju se vrijednosti ekonomskih transakcija hrvatskih rezidenata s nerezidentima u odabranom razdoblju od 2012. do 2016. godine odnosno sve gospodarske transakcije zemlje s inozemstvom dobivene u skladu s metodologijom Međunarodnog monetarnog fonda (MMF). Prema objavljenim podacima Hrvatske narodne banke Tablica H2: Platna bilanca – robe i usluge prikazuje podatke ukupnog prihoda turizma u milijunima eura, iz stavke Putovanja - turizam u promatranom razdoblju od 2012. do 2016. godine, koja se na računu Usluga zasebno vodi uz usluge prijevoza i ostale usluge, a koja se sastoji od prihoda i rashoda putovanja iz poslovnih i osobnih razloga. Odabrana je 2012. godina s obzirom na to što se, počevši od prvog tromjesečja 2012., platnobilančni podaci o prihodima od usluga pruženima stranim putnicima i turistima temelje na kombinaciji ocijenjene razine turističke potrošnje u 2011. godini i ekonometrijski izvedenog indikatora koji čini prvu glavnu komponentu skupa varijabla za koje se pretpostavlja da prate dinamiku prihoda od turizma (prema načelu metodologije TSA). Za promatrano razdoblje analizirani su podaci prihoda od usluga pruženim stranim turistima i putnicima na poslovnim i osobnim putovanjima i turista u inozemstvu na poslovnim i osobnim putovanjima pod stavkom Putovanja - turizam. Za odabrano razdoblje prikazuje se i analizira dinamika promjena po pojedinim stavkama prihoda unutar Usluga iz Tablice H2: Platna bilanca – robe i usluge i analizira ukupni prihod turizma te odnos turizma prema stavkama Usluge iz platne bilance. Provedenim je isto utvrđen najveći rast prihoda od turizma u odnosu na preostale razmatrane stavke platne bilance u promatranom razdoblju. U radu je prikazan doprinos stavke turizma na platnu bilancu i dane preporuke za daljnji porast prihoda od turizma. I

The paper analyses the influence of tourism on the Croatian balance of payments. The balance of payments shows the value of economic transactions of Croatian residents with non-residents in the selected period from 2012 to 2016, i.e. all foreign country transactions made in accordance with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) methodology. According to the published data of the Croatian National Bank, Table H2: Balance of Payments - Goods and Services shows the total tourism income in millions of Euros, from the Travel-tourism item in the observed period from 2012 to 2016, which also takes transportation services and other services into account, and which consists of income and expense of travel for business and personal reasons. The year 2012 has been selected, because starting from the first quarter of 2012, the balance of payments data on services provided to foreign travellers and tourists are based on a combination of the estimated level of tourist consumption in 2011 and an econometrically derived indicator, which is the first major component of a set of variables assumed to follow the dynamics of tourism revenue (according to TSA methodology). For the observed period, data on revenues from services provided to foreign tourists and travellers on business and personal travel and tourists abroad were analysed on business and personal travel under Travel - tourism. The selected time period shows and analyses the dynamics of changes in individual items of revenue within the Service from Table H2: Balance of Payments - Goods and Services and analyses the total tourism income and the relationship between tourism and the balance of payments services. The largest growth of tourism revenues has been found in relation to the remaining considered items of the balance of payments in the observed period. The paper will show the contribution of tourism item to the balance of payments and make recommendations for further growth of tourism revenues.