Tourism is one of the most important activities in the modern time, which makes significant amount of world income and secures jobs for tens of millions of people. Also, it has positive impacts in various area, but on the other hand, if the development of tourism is not well managed, it can produce many negative impacts. The key element of each destination is the local community, which is on one side, its most important resource and on the other side, citizens are directly affected by the consequences of tourism development, both positive and negative ones. The main goals of this master thesis were to explain the role of the local community in the governing of tourism development, repercussions resulting from this process, best ways of the local community participation, the other stakeholders role in tourism development, and importance of introducing the integrated management of tourist 109 destination/local community so as to fulfill the goals of all the destination stakeholders. The questionnaire sought to find out what was the opinion on tourism development impacts of the city of Split community, how much they are attached to the city, how much they have been involved in the tourism development process so far, if they had shown an interest in active participation in tourism development and what methods of local community involvement they consider to be the best. It was concluded that integrated tourism development is the only long-term solution that will take into account the opinions and views of all interested stakeholders of a destination. Participation and long-term sustainable tourism are the prerequisites for the high quality development of tourism, which in the long run will bring prosperity to the local community and preserve the natural and cultural heritage for future generations.