摘要：By using qualitative technique - participating observation, which he used to implement both during his professional work and as a tourist - but being in both his roles a true nature- lover who adored a virgin landscape and the one ennobled with measure - the author presents in ten >>p ictures« all the diversity of natural, geographical, and socio-cultural characteristics of Croatian islands. His attention is directed towards the transformations caused by the development of tourism, in the first place the mass tourism, on the islands. And here he observed both the changes in space (landscape) and those that occurred in the values system and the lifestyle of the islanders. The scientific professional framework and the interpretation key of this paper are based upon two disciplines: physical planning and tourism. The ten >>pictureS on the south, and it encompass 12 islands and 22 tourist localities. The time span of the >>pictures« is 45 years. Some of the places were more frequently observed, like for example the southern pan of island Hvar (six tourist seasons). The spatial arrangement and the time distribution of the observations are shown in two parallel figures. Each >>picture« contains the description of the obsetvation and the belonging valuation commentary, which prove the introducting thesis that the Croatian islands are not the example of the ideal homogenus region, bat that each island, and even the particular pans of bigger islands should be evaluated separately and carefully. The collected data tell us much more then the above mentioned, so they can serve as a base for future researches. The additional value of this work lies in the way the author has resolved the conflict between his two roles: a tourism planner and a user of the tourist services - a tourist.
关键词：Croatian islands; phisical planning; island tourism
