Although gastronomy is a younger discipline, its beginnings go far back in history. However, only in recent years, gastronomy has experienced an increase in its development as well as the number of people interested in gastronomy and gastronomic tourism. As tourists become more demanding in every way, they also expand their requirements in terms of nutrition, which means that they are looking for safer and healthier food. Therefore, every tourist destination that wants to be successful must pay a lot of attention to gastronomic tourism. The purpose and goal of the paper are to present the concepts of tourism and gastronomy, their development through history and the connection between tourism and gastronomy. Therefore, it wants to show what is the impact of gastronomy on tourism and what is the tourist gastronomic offer of the Republic of Croatia.