Tourism as the most propulsive branch of the worlda economy is undergoing constant change. Contemporary tourism and the development of new tourism trends in the tourism market are constantly creating new forms of tourism demands. Culture and art have a great impact on contemporary tourism and tourist developments are increasingly oriented on culture that has become one of the major motivations for the trip. Cultural tourism as one of the most promising forms of tourism provides a year-round tourist offer. For this reason, more and more destinations want to develop cultural tourism based on cultural heritage and their specific cultural characteristics. The existence of cultural heritage and resources is not enough to be recognized as a cultural-tourist product. The wealth of cultural and historical heritage and cultural events must become visible and available to tourists in order to begin the development of cultural tourism in a particular destination. This applies especially to destinations that are not recognizable and developed in tourism. An important role in the development of tourism have a domicile population whose positive attitude is one of the key factors of success. It is necessary to raise the awareness of the domicile population about the existence of resources, and to incorporate them into the development of tourism since they are one of the best promoters of their community. For the purposes of this paper, was carried out mapping of cultural and tourist resources in the city of Zaprešić as potentials for the development of cultural tourism in the city of Zaprešić. Also was conducted research which was to examine the attitudes of the citizens of Zapresic and surrounding areas on their needs in the context of cultural tourism and examine their habits of visiting cultural and tourist manifestations.