[caption id="attachment_484846" align="alignnone" width="1000"] A tourist enters the water at the Kanegra naturist campsite, near Umag, in northern Croatia. Photos: AFP[/caption]

As an early pioneer of nudism, Croatia’s idyllic Adriatic coast has a long and storied history of people stripping down to swim and commune with their surroundings in the naturist tradition. But as the once wildly popular trend struggles to attract new followers, devotees are grappling with how to harness Croatia’s booming tourism industry to revive the glory days.