Risk is an inseparable part of all economic processes and occurs in connection with the current functioning of the commune and its development, regardless of the direction and the dominant factor of local development. The subject of the book is the risk in the development of the tourist commune, i.e. the risk that potentially affects the possibility of achieving the objectives undertaken by the commune in connection with the development of tourism, creating a territorial tourist brand and using tourism as a factor of local development. Taking up the tourist development direction by the commune authorities is associated with the possibility of specific risk categories that would otherwise not exist. The materialization of this risk has an impact on the effectiveness and efficiency of the planned activities. The aim of the conducted research was to identify the risk category associated with implementation of tasks in the field of tourism by the commune, and in particular with the creation and functioning of the communal branded tourist product, when activities in this direction are undertaken to use tourism as a factor of local development. The main objective also included the construction of such risk's models together with the development of indications of ...