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

Interview with Jingdezhen: Revitalizing a Ceramic Capital through Creative Tourism

Dr Mervat Abdel-Nasser, New Hermopolis (Egypt)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

INTERVIEW: Talks on Sapporo, UNESCO City of Media Arts

Interview with Nicolas Monquaut (French Ministry of Culture)

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

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

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

Marina Simião, Patchwork Methodology (Brazil)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

CREATIVE EXPERIENCES

A half-day in the world of weaving

Draw what you drink

Amulet Making in Thailand

Travel sketchbook

Barcelona | Spain

Mosaic workshop in Barcelona

Cultural struggles 

Embroidery and weaving 

We’ve crochet café knitting workshop 

Pottery workshop

Beeswax candles

Traditional bulgarian dances and musics workshop in Gabrovo

Fig Trilogy

Come to Brasilia Teimosa 

Workshop Art and Creativity / Writing Art-Nature at Nicole Gravel Workshop & Gallery

Shape your Catalan art ceramics

Glass workshop

Experiencing authentic Bajan life in Nzuri Eco Retreat (Barbados)

Sandcastle building workshop for kids

Empordà-style decoration workshop

Bakespace cooking workshop 

Forging a rough-forged knife

Silleteras farms

Cartoon drawing masterclass

Raku and pottery workshop at Show d’Boucane

Painting, drawing, engraving workshop

Guerreiros do passo

Art-deco paper jewellery

Crazy about the Caribbean Kids Workshop

Botanical printing

Dry and fresh flower basket and wreath workshop 

Routes through the Moravian hill

Gîte agrotouristique la Marie-Simonne

Bakery workshop in Saint Jean Port Joli

Arts & Craft Tour in Nevis

Basketry and wicker 

Algarve Cataplana

Tozeur | Tunisia

Glass blowing workshop at La Méduse

Visit of a pottery workshop 

Gabrovo | Bulgaria

Hand spinning workshop

Oenological games

Pottery with Quincha Quintil

Cooking class: your own bulgarian specialities

Grandma’s Cooking – Barcelona

Sfax-Kerkennah | Tunisia

Limaçon – Stone-cutting workshop

Kingston | Jamaica

Traditional weaving workshop

SUCCESS STORIES

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

Successful experiential press and fam trips!

Creative Tourism, awarded in the Medellín Product Show Contest

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

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

New Horizons: Gabrovo, between magic and traditions

Djerba focuses on creative and sustainable tourism in Tunisia

Les Îles de la Madeleine: un modèle de tourisme créatif

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

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

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

Barcelos inaugurates its House of Creativity

The Îles de la Madeleine: a model of creative tourism

Gabrovo Creative Tourissm: successful glass tangle festival

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)

Gabrovo Carnival, an International Cultural Landmark

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

THEY TRUST US