Over the years, tourism has become the primary activity in the Republic of Croatia (RH) with a share in total GDP of about 20%. Many entrepreneurs in the territory of the Republic of Croatia directly depend on tourism, but also many small renters (family accommodation in a certain tourist destination). Therefore, the risk of a negative impact on the tourism industry is even more pronounced as it leads to the creation of a multiplicative impact on many other sectors. At the same time, many employees in tourism and other dependent activities depend on tourism. The aim of the research whose results are presented in the empirical part of the thesis is to determine the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic on the availability of funding for small hotels in Dalmatia. In addition, one of the goals is to show the impact of the pandemic on the business of small hotels, ie the number of employees, the movement of the number of employees since the beginning of 2020 (and to determine whether the pandemic has led to a reduction in hotel staff), with special emphasizing the impact of the pandemic on the salaries of employees in small hotels. It is possible to conclude that hypothesis H1 is accepted since the COVID-19 epidemic had a pronounced negative impact on the operations of small hotels in the Republic of Croatia during 2020, measured by the number of arrivals, the number of overnight stays and total revenues. The measure to preserve CES jobs was more accessible for use by hotels that have been operating for more than 10 years, as well as the Hamag Bicra measure and the possibility of a moratorium on existing duties. On the other hand, hotels that have been operating for more than ten years compared to the basic sample used the measures of HBOR and the measures of the Ministry of Tourism and Sports less. Ultimately, it can be concluded that hypothesis H2 is accepted with limitation, since business entities operating for more than ten years used three sources of financing more often than the baseline sample, while two sources of financing used less frequently compared to the baseline sample. Based on the comparison of results for the group of family hotels and large hotels, it is possible to conclude that during 2020 there was a significant decline in the number of arrivals in the group of small family hotels, the number of overnight stays and revenues. For this reason, hypothesis H3 is rejected, ie the epidemic had a more pronounced impact on small family hotels compared to large hotels.