CREATIVE TOURISM NETWORK®

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

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    INTERNATIONAL EVENTS

NEWS

Creative Tourism among the Innovative Solutions Featured at TIS Seville 2026

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

CREATIVE FRIENDLY Destinations

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEW: Talks on Sapporo, UNESCO City of Media Arts

Interview with Nicolas Monquaut (French Ministry of Culture)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Interview with Jingdezhen: Revitalizing a Ceramic Capital through Creative Tourism

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

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

Marina Simião, Patchwork Methodology (Brazil)

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

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

Dr Mervat Abdel-Nasser, New Hermopolis (Egypt)

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

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

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

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

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 EXPERIENCES

Charentes | France

Workshop for carnival masks

Bakery workshop in Saint Jean Port Joli

Modeling technique of a small stoneware piece 

Routes to hydrangea and orchid crops

Ceramic workshop in Thailand

Ceramics & other tailor-made crafts

Creation of leather goods

Lobster trap fabrication at Musée de l’Île d’Entrée

Tozeur | Tunisia

Crazy about the Caribbean Kids Workshop

Snow sculpture in Saint Jean Port Joli – Québec

Molding the clay on the Potter’s Wheel

Guerreiros do passo

Wild picking and organic market gardening

Traditional bulgarian dances and musics workshop in Gabrovo

Christmas ornament blowing workshop

Candle making workshops

Wool & felt workshop with Miel de Oveja

Amulet Making in Thailand

Goat’s hair processing

Catalan crafts

Barcelos creative tourism for seniors

Design your own perfumes

Glass workshop in Gabrovo (Bulgaria)

Forging a rough-forged knife

Travel sketchbook

Creative workshops at the Bambouseraie

Photographic rally in Barcelona

Local cuisine workshop

Do It Your Frites

Tasting and creation of crazy salts 

Cosmetic workshop

Kingston | Jamaica

La Fille de la Mer – body cosmetics workshop

Living in island of Gods

Oyster Knife Making

Sandcastle building workshop for kids

Theater museum of puppetry and clown

Barcelos chocolate experience

Cooking class: your own bulgarian specialities

Scented candles workshops 

Working with palm leaves to make plaiters

Paint Barcelos’ iconic rooster!

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

San Antonio | Texas – U.S.A

Making adornments from wool

Cyanotype with Algarve Flora Elements

Kaïros, the Gallery of Bowls (Charentes, France)

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

SUCCESS STORIES

Gabrovo Creative Tourissm: successful glass tangle festival

Djerba focuses on creative and sustainable tourism in Tunisia

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

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

Barcelos inaugurates its House of Creativity

Creative Tourism, awarded in the Medellín Product Show Contest

Gabrovo Carnival, an International Cultural Landmark

Creative Tourism in the Llanquihue Lake (Chile)

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

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

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

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

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

The Îles de la Madeleine: a model of creative tourism

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

Les Îles de la Madeleine: un modèle de tourisme créatif

“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

Successful experiential press and fam trips!

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