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 // 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 Daniela Nikolova, Head of Tourist Information Center Gabrovo Municipality

Dr Mervat Abdel-Nasser, New Hermopolis (Egypt)

Interview with Jingdezhen: Revitalizing a Ceramic Capital through Creative Tourism

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

Marina Simião, Patchwork Methodology (Brazil)

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

INTERVIEW: Talks on Sapporo, UNESCO City of Media Arts

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

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

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

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

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

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

Interview with Nicolas Monquaut (French Ministry of Culture)

CREATIVE EXPERIENCES

Visit of a pottery workshop 

Introduction to Western riding

Come to Brasilia Teimosa 

Saint-Jean-Port-Joli | Quebec

Guerreiros do passo

“Pélardon” cheese workshop

Miel en mer – beeswax candle making workshop

Wood Carving Workshop

Creative leather workshop: design your own custom bag, jewelry or coin purse!

Discover and taste Empordanet products 

Perpignan-Méditerranée | France

Empordanet | Catalonia

Olha! Recife

Loulé | Portugal

Discover ceramic modeling

Regional Folk Dance Workshop 

Iloilo | Philippines

Caboclinho 7 flexas 

A half-day in the world of weaving

Empordà-style decoration workshop

Raku and pottery workshop at Show d’Boucane

Catalan castellers

OpArt atelier

Learn at the ceramic school in La Bisbal

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

Raku ceramics craftsmanship

Shape your Catalan art ceramics

Charentes | France

Aromalight workshops

Cooking class: your own bulgarian specialities

Nagô ancestrality popular culture 

Teimocidade 

Cartoon drawing masterclass

Djerba | Tunisia

Arts & Craft Tour in Nevis

Fig Trilogy

Straw marquetry

Visit a farmhouse around sheeps

Visit of wine estate Domaine Pautier

Wood carving workshops

Routes to hydrangea and orchid crops

Traditional music & dances experiences 

Survival day: return to -450,000 years

Creative walks

Dry and fresh flower basket and wreath workshop 

Carnival Experience in Trinidad & Tobago

Merit Creation in Thailand

Grape harvesting at Quinta da Tôr

Recife tour & manguebeat story 

Bamboo Weaving in Thailand

SUCCESS STORIES

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”!

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

Successful experiential press and fam trips!

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:

Gabrovo Creative Tourissm: successful glass tangle festival

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

Creative Tourism in the Llanquihue Lake (Chile)

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

New Horizons: Gabrovo, between magic and traditions

Creative Tourism, awarded in the Medellín Product Show Contest

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

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

Djerba focuses on creative and sustainable tourism in Tunisia

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

Les Îles de la Madeleine: un modèle de tourisme créatif

The Îles de la Madeleine: a model of creative tourism

Gabrovo Carnival, an International Cultural Landmark

THEY TRUST US