It is an indisputable fact that today English is considered lingua franca, i.e. the language of global communication and that is spoken by 1.35 billion people in the world, and these numbers will most likely continue to grow, given that the European Commission has stated among its strategic goals that more languages (at least two) should be learned from chilhood. The English language has become the basic language of the Internet, social networks and technology, but also the basic language of tourism and hospitality industry, where not having a higher level of English language knowledge is an enormous obstacle firstly in obtaining a job and further along the career ladder it could deter career advancement. Croatia is no exception to that rule. According to statistical data, in the area of Dubrovnik, the most numerous tourists in 2022 were from the United Kingdom and the USA. For the aforementioned reasons, the aim of the undergraduate thesis was to determinate the attitudes towards the English language of tourist workers in the Dubrovnik area, with special emphasis on the workers of the large hotel groups. The survey was conducted with an anonymus online survey completed by 77 respondents of different ages, genders and education. The survey among other data, inquired how difficult is English to learn, its everyday usage, the advantages and disadvantages of knowing/not knowing the language, the difficulties in writing/speaking the language, and so on. From the answers given by the respondents in the survey, the reached conclusion is that the English language is essential, it has become a general culture and a must-know language of today. Due to the limitation of the survey to attitudes towards the English language, the importance of English language needs to be more highlighted in the next surveys and also the fact that because of the English language, other foreign languages have been neglected