CREATIVE TOURISM NETWORK®

The Creative Tourism Network®is the Official World Creative Tourism Organization

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OPEN CALL: The Creative Tourism Network® invites destinations from all over the world to apply for the CreativeFriendlyDestination® label.

Future of Creative Tourism is shaped a in Perpignan‑Méditerranée

Creative Tourism : Essaouira awarded “Best Creative Living Heritage Destination”

Unveiled the Winners of the 13th World Creative Tourism Awards

Creative Tourism Triumphs at FITUR 2026

Creative Tourism Network® and Essaouira strengthen their alliance to promote creative tourism ahead of the UNESCO Conference

Call for entries for 13rd Creative Tourism Awards

Creative Tourism Network® Shines at WTM London 2025

Creative Tourism International Forum Catalyzes a Global Shift Toward Regenerative Travel in MONDIACULT

The Creative Tourism Network® invites destinations from around the world to co-create at its International Forum during Mondiacult

International Forum on Creative Tourism – Barcelona, Sept. 30th 2025 – Mondiacult

Creative Tourism Network® opens Global Call for CreativeFriendlyDestination® Label, fostering the way for a new era of sustainable tourism

Creative Tourism as an All-Inclusive Solution: Spotlight on the UfM’s Conference in Athens

Creative Tourism Featured at UNESCO House Exhibition

Creative Tourism Network® and UNESCO Transcultura launch the Caribbean Creative Tourism Awards

New Orleans Named World’s Best Creative Destination by the Creative Tourism Network®

Creative Tourism, a sustainable driver for UNESCO and European Union.

CREATIVE TOURISM AWARDS 2025: A luxury panel of winners!

CREATIVE FRIENDLY Destinations

INTERVIEWS

Is Creative Tourism the new Swiss army knife of post-covid tourism?

Entretien // LouléCriativo (Portugal) un modèle de développement durable

Entrevista / Alyssa Phares, Directora Ejecutiva de Paducah (EE. UU.): de Ciudad Creativa de la UNESCO al turismo creativo

Dr Mervat Abdel-Nasser, New Hermopolis (Egypt)

INTERVIEW: Talks on Sapporo, UNESCO City of Media Arts

Marina Simião, Patchwork Methodology (Brazil)

Interview // LouléCriativo (Portugal) a model of sustainable development

INTERVIEW with Carine PATTIER – Wax creator, founder of Ombellessence, Jonzac, Charentes – France.

Entrevista / Alyssa Phares Diretora Executiva de Paducah (EUA), de Cidade Criativa da UNESCO ao turismo criativo

Interview with Yonka Bakardzhieva-Agalova – My Story Travel (Bulgaria)

Creative Tourism: Interview with Artur Bastos, Head of Division on a substitution basis – Division of Tourism and Cultural Management – of Amarante, Creative City UNESCO

Interview with Carol Hay, Director of Marketing UK & Europe for the Caribbean Tourism Organization

Interview with Luis Rodrigo Teixeira, Focal Point of the City of Belém do Pará, Creative City of Gastronomy – UNESCO.

Interview with Sabrina Pratt, SVPratt Creative Strategies – Las Cruces Arts and Cultural District Plan (New Mexico, USA)

Entrevista // LouléCriativo (Portugal) un model de desenvolupament sostenible

Intervista // LouléCriativo (Portogallo), un modello di sviluppo sostenibile

Catherine and Sophie, La Méduse (Iles de la Madeleine, Canada)

Interview with Nicolas Monquaut (French Ministry of Culture)

Creative Tourism: Interview with Te’-Lor Woolery-Eugene, Social Media Coordinator of Kingston, Creative City UNESCO

Entretien / Alyssa Phares, Directrice Exécutive de Paducah (États-Unis), de Ville Créative de l’UNESCO au tourisme créatif

Intervista con Maeva Riroroco, Presidente della Camera del Turismo di Rapa Nui (Isola di Pasqua, Chile)

Creative Tourism: Interview with Nuno Rodrigues, Director of the Department of Culture, Tourism, Youth and Sports of Barcelos, Creative City UNESCO

Interview / Alyssa Phares Executive Director of Paducah (USA), from Creative City of UNESCO to creative tourism

Creative Tourism: Interview with Dominic McDowell, Business Development Manager of Kingston, Creative City UNESCO

INTERVIEW / Angeliki Vasileiadou, Digital Marketing Manager, Nicosia Tourism Board

Entrevista // LouléCriativo (Portugal) um modelo de desenvolvimento sustentável

Intervista / Alyssa Phares, Direttrice Esecutiva di Paducah (USA): da Città Creativa dell’UNESCO al turismo creativo

Interview with Daniela Nikolova, Head of Tourist Information Center Gabrovo Municipality

INTERVIEW // Mr. Jiao Hui Creative tourism in Chengdu (China), UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy

Interview with Ivana Jelinčić, World Championship in Olive Picking (Postira, Brač Island, Croatia)

Entrevista // LouléCriativo (Portugal) un modelo de desarrollo sostenible

Entrevista / Alyssa Phares, Directora Executiva de Paducah (EUA), de Ciutat Creativa de la UNESCO al turisme creatiu

Interview with Jingdezhen: Revitalizing a Ceramic Capital through Creative Tourism

CREATIVE EXPERIENCES

Learn at the ceramic school in La Bisbal

Print making with Casa Plan  

“Come Leh We Go to Tobago” – Patriotic T&T

Grenada Cocoa & Spices Health and Wellness Tour

Catalan castellers

From grain to bread 

Visit Timis | Romania

Kite making workshops for kids 

Ceramics & other tailor-made crafts

“Pélardon” cheese workshop

Lantern Making in Thailand

Limaçon – Stone-cutting workshop

Introduction to creative techniques at the museum

Crazy about the Caribbean Kids Workshop

Coffee workshop with Taller Cafe

Create your own Sukhothai pattern in Thaïland

Routes through the Commune 13

Come to Brasilia Teimosa 

Writing with a goose feather

Bamboo cooking

Eco-Art atelier

Cebu | Philippines

Local cuisine workshop

Mind Lab crafts

Gourmande de nature – Culinary workshop

Visit of a pottery workshop 

Dahar | Tunisia

Perpignan-Méditerranée | France

Grape harvesting at Quinta da Tôr

Djerba | Tunisia

Soap making with la fille de la mer 

Ceramic with la Maison du Potier 

A half-day in the world of weaving

Live the authentic Saint Vincent lifestyle with NatureFresh Adventures 

Illustration workshop with Calamina

Sculpture workshop

Tasting and creation of crazy salts 

Empordanet | Catalonia

Creation of leather goods

Pottery workshop at “La Maison du Potier” (The potter’s house)

Street art with VSA tour 

Silleteras farms

Discover and taste Empordanet products 

Creative workshops at the Bambouseraie

Guerreiros do passo

Traditional catalan desserts

Barcelos imagery

Performing tour 

Travel sketchbook

Modeling technique of a small stoneware piece 

SUCCESS STORIES

Creative Tourism, awarded in the Medellín Product Show Contest

Creative Tourism: an alternative to discover the culture and know-how of the Villages and Landscapes of Charentes:

Creative Tourism in the Llanquihue Lake (Chile)

Saint-Jean-Port-Joli launches an exclusive creative tourism offer for the summer season!

Les Îles de la Madeleine: un modèle de tourisme créatif

Why is creative tourism a solution to reactivate tourism in times of pandemic?

New Horizons: Gabrovo, between magic and traditions

Creative Tourism: an alternative to discover the culture and know-how of the Villages and Landscapes of Charentes:

Gabrovo Carnival, an International Cultural Landmark

The Îles de la Madeleine: a model of creative tourism

La Ruta Culinaria de Túnez celebra el Día Mundial del Turismo mostrando las experiencias creadas por sus embajadores locales.

World Championship in Olive Picking receives its award for Best Creative Experience at FITUR 2020

Gabrovo Creative Tourissm: successful glass tangle festival

Barcelos inaugurates its House of Creativity

Les Escapades (Québec), awarded at the Creative Tourism Awards

Successful experiential press and fam trips!

Djerba focuses on creative and sustainable tourism in Tunisia

THEY TRUST US