The theses of this paper is the development of adventure tourism, a selective form of tourism that is in his initial phase and which already has a respectable impact on the global tourism market. This work will conceptually determine what adventure tourism is and it will explain its characteristics. Then the activities that make up this form of tourism and the typology of adventure tourism itself will be mentioned. The historical development of the chronological will show how adventure tourism will develop and how it influences contemporary tourism and tourism trends. Destinations in the world and in Croatia have been shown and exemplified as good practice examples that have been evaluated. This segment of tourism attracts a large number of adrenaline lovers who want to look for new excuses, constantly search for new destinations and choose who are willing to choose from their comfort zone and have a risk tolerance