CREATIVE TOURISM NETWORK®

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

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: Talks on Sapporo, UNESCO City of Media Arts

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

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

Dr Mervat Abdel-Nasser, New Hermopolis (Egypt)

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

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

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,

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

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

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 / Angeliki Vasileiadou, Digital Marketing Manager, Nicosia Tourism Board

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 // LouléCriativo (Portugal) a model of sustainable development

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

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

Interview with Jingdezhen: Revitalizing a Ceramic Capital through Creative Tourism

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

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

CREATIVE EXPERIENCES

Cévennes cooking workshop

Kite making workshops for kids 

Making a Taleigo bag

Tour operator with Ecomapu 

Gabrovo | Bulgaria

A half-day in the world of weaving

Making adornments from wool

Haskap and permaculture

Traditional catalan desserts

Grape harvesting at Quinta da Tôr

Wood crafting workshop

Visit our artist studios

Traditional bulgarian dances and musics workshop in Gabrovo

Recife is always carnival 

Tozeur | Tunisia

Ceramic workshop at the charming Emo Etar

Mind Lab crafts

Scented candles workshops 

Bamboo cooking

Aromalight workshops

Wool & felt workshop with Miel de Oveja

Mosaic workshop in Barcelona

Kaïros, the Gallery of Bowls (Charentes, France)

Photographic Route in Loulé (Portugal)

Visit Timis | Romania

Street art with VSA tour 

Charentes | France

Routes through the Commune 13

Photography workshops

Paint Barcelos’ iconic rooster!

Fig Trilogy

Soap making with la fille de la mer 

Molding the clay on the Potter’s Wheel

Breads of Barcelos creative city

Art-deco paper jewellery

Nagô ancestrality popular culture 

Visit of wine estate Domaine Pautier

“Pélardon” cheese workshop

Eco-Art atelier

Maracatu raízes de pai adão 

Photowalk: Loulé Street Photography

Pottery workshop with Show d’Boucane 

Tam-Awan village art workshops 

Draw what you drink

Travel sketchbook

Cebu making space creative workshops

Olive oil workshop

Arts & Craft Tour in Nevis

Living in island of Gods

Embroidery and weaving 

SUCCESS STORIES

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

Djerba focuses on creative and sustainable tourism in Tunisia

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

Successful experiential press and fam trips!

The Îles de la Madeleine: a model of creative tourism

New Horizons: Gabrovo, between magic and traditions

Creative Tourism in the Llanquihue Lake (Chile)

Les Îles de la Madeleine: un modèle de tourisme créatif

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

Gabrovo Creative Tourissm: successful glass tangle festival

Barcelos inaugurates its House of Creativity

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

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

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

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

Gabrovo Carnival, an International Cultural Landmark

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

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

Creative Tourism, awarded in the Medellín Product Show Contest

THEY TRUST US