CREATIVE TOURISM NETWORK®

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

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NEWS

Creative Tourism Network® Invited as a Special Partner of the 19th ECTN Conference in Skiathos

GABROVO (Bulgaria) shines as a Global Creative Tourism Leader, hosting the UNESCO Creative Cities Conference on Crafts and Folk Art

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 FRIENDLY Destinations

INTERVIEWS

CANNES Creative Tourism: Interview with Laure Toma, Leisure Tourism Director, Cannes Visitors Bureau,

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

Creative Tourism in the Charentes Region (France) : Interview with Sarah Dupuis, ceramist “Shaping the Essence of the Charenes”

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

Dr Mervat Abdel-Nasser, New Hermopolis (Egypt)

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

Interview with Nicolas Monquaut (French Ministry of Culture)

Creative Tourism in Les Charentes, France: Interview with Kevin Prat, Les Fleurs de Roussillon: Celebrating Nature Through Creative Floral Experiences

INTERVIEW: Talks on Sapporo, UNESCO City of Media Arts

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

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

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

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

Creative Tourism in Charentes (France): Interview with Séverine Fauvel / @Mon Tendre Atelier

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

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

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

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

Marina Simião, Patchwork Methodology (Brazil)

Creative Tourism in Charentes (France): Interview with Jean‑Louis Laboissière, Les Hauts de Talmont: A Creative Wine Experience in Charentes (France)

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

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

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

Interview with Jingdezhen: Revitalizing a Ceramic Capital through Creative Tourism

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

Creative Tourism in Charentes (France) : Interview with Leather Artistry of FREYA, “Crafting the Soul of the Charentes”

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

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

CREATIVE EXPERIENCES

Botanical printing

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

Goat’s hair processing

National Museum Cebu

«The mark of fire» pyrography on wood

Wines and vines experiences 

Watercolour workshop with Diane Boilard

Iron and derivates 

Silk painting workshop

Pottery workshop

Up Fab Lab 3D printing 

Cardboard workshop in Loulé

Thai Creative Art in Thailand

Glass workshop in Gabrovo (Bulgaria)

Soap making with la fille de la mer 

Bakery workshop in Saint Jean Port Joli

Barcelos chocolate experience

Recife tour & manguebeat story 

Photography school

Amulet Making in Thailand

Breads of Barcelos creative city

Tour operator with Ecomapu 

Catalan crafts

Bakespace cooking workshop 

Routes through the Commune 13

Baguio | Philippines

Cyanotype with Algarve Flora Elements

Bakery for ritual breads

Catalan cooking class

Sfax-Kerkennah | Tunisia

Sandcastle building workshop for kids

A countryside experience

Beeswax candles

Olive oil workshop

Grenada Cocoa & Spices Health and Wellness Tour

Rumba rythm

Cultural struggles 

Raku ceramics craftsmanship

“Pélardon” cheese workshop

Making adornments from wool

Creation of leather goods

Aromalight workshops

Photographic Route in Loulé (Portugal)

Pottery workshop with Show d’Boucane 

Saint-Jean-Port-Joli | Quebec

Snow sculpture in Saint Jean Port Joli – Québec

Nagô ancestrality popular culture 

Mind Lab crafts

Barcelona | Spain

Cooking workshops

SUCCESS STORIES

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

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

Les Îles de la Madeleine: un modèle de tourisme créatif

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:

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

Gabrovo Carnival, an International Cultural Landmark

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

The Îles de la Madeleine: a model of creative tourism

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

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

Successful experiential press and fam trips!

“Barranquilla Recognized as the World’s Best Creative Destination by the Creative Tourism Network®, and Its Carnival Named the World’s Best Creative Event”!

New Horizons: Gabrovo, between magic and traditions

Djerba focuses on creative and sustainable tourism in Tunisia

Barcelos inaugurates its House of Creativity

Gabrovo Creative Tourissm: successful glass tangle festival

Creative Tourism: Ljubljana Named Europe’s Best Creative City Destination!

Creative Tourism in the Llanquihue Lake (Chile)

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