During the rise of touristic movements in the middle of the twentieth century, the majority of Istrian communities based their economy on agriculture. Only a few towns like Poreč were touristic places, and had a smaller number of accommodation capacities, mostly in hotels, boarding houses, etc. With insufficient tourism supply, Istria could not meet the needs of tourism demand, which grew rapidly in those years. Due to the lack of accommodation capacities, tourists in Istria self-initiated their stays in simple accommodation facilities, in formerly less known places in nature. In other words, domestic and foreign guests were setting up the first "wild camps", which were soon recognized as an important aspect of the popularization of Istrian tourism, and thus also marks the beginning of Istrian camping. With their cheap accommodation and high profitability compared to the other accommodation facilities, the campsites fitted perfectly into the tourism development strategy of that time. Consequently, accelerated construction of camping accommodation capacities began in the 1960s, which were by the end of the 1980s absolutely dominating the accommodation structure of Istria. Apart from the fact that camping was perhaps the most important form of accommodation for the historical development of Istrian tourism, during the Civil War, camping proved to be resistant to economic and political crises. After the war ended, the accommodation capacities of the camps decreased, but as a result of reconstruction of the Istrian camping, which is no longer based on mass tourism, but on selectivity. Today, Istrian camps are experiencing the completion of their revitalization, and many camps that operated fifty years ago are still successfully in business today, which makes camps highly appreciated on the market, but also important for the entire tourism of Istria. In 2020., when the world was hit by a coronavirus pandemic, camps once again, as during the Civil War, proved to be resilient to the crisis and the most ideal form of accommodation. The success of Istrian camping is expected in 2021. as well, as is already noticeable on the example of the Istra camp in Funtana, which records significantly better business results than other accommodation types of Valamar Riviera company. Given the fact that camping can provide simple and quality accommodation, that is resistant to the worst economic crises, and that it makes higher profits compared to hotels, there is no doubt that camping will be under the magnifying glass of the future touristic development of Istria.