Religious tourism has developed to this day to a large extent, it is one od the oldest types of travel and it is connected with the fulfillment of human religious needs. The biggest problem of religious tourism in Croatia is related to the uneleborated strategy for the development od religious tourism and the bigger problem is that there is no record of visitors related to this type of tourism. The most important role in religious tourism are sacral facilities, which are the most atractive resource for visitors. They are divided into two groups in those that visit because of their religious duties. SWOT analysis shows strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats, and in accordance to the data, it has been shown that sacral facilities are a course that could be a precursor to the development of religious tourism at an even higher level and that they should certainly be presented as the main tourist activity of an area. Analyzed are world sacral facilities and the example of a Croatian that needs development. First we have La sagrada Familia, who is a negative example of introducing sacral facilities in tourism, because it shows that mass tourism can limit the orginal task of sacral object, which is service. Another example is the English cathedrals, which are a positive example, showing that the introduction of a sacral object in tourism can positively affect community. Furthermore, we have Marija Bistrica, the largest sancuary in the territory of Croatia. Presented was also a proposal for a development model of sacral objects, as well as an example of the possibility of developing a religious site and repurposing a sacred object for tourist purposes.