Bosnia and Herzegovina is rich in natural and anthropogenic tourist potentials that are the basis for the development of more specific forms of tourism of both local and regional, and national and international importance. The development of tourism in it massively started to develop from the seventies. In this paper we are going to show significant determinants and indicators of this development to the present day, through the presentation and definition of tourist and geographical position, tourist traffic, accommodation facilities and specific forms of tourism that can be developed in Bosnia and Herzegovina.