CREATIVE TOURISM NETWORK®

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

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NEWS

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 Tourism, a sustainable driver for UNESCO and European Union.

CREATIVE TOURISM AWARDS 2025: A luxury panel of winners!

CREATIVE TOURISM: CANNES, NEW GLOBAL LEADER!

Salvador da Bahia fosters Creative Tourism

CREATIVE FRIENDLY Destinations

INTERVIEWS

Entrevista amb Daniela Nikolova, Cap del Centre d’Informació Turística de l’Ajuntament de Gabrovo

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 / Angeliki Vasileiadou, Digital Marketing Manager, Nicosia Tourism Board

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

Entrevista // LouléCriativo (Portugal) un modelo de desarrollo sostenible

Entrevista / Alyssa Phares, Directora Executiva de Paducah (EUA), de Ciutat Creativa de la UNESCO al turisme creatiu

Entretien / Alyssa Phares, Directrice Exécutive de Paducah (États-Unis), de Ville Créative de l’UNESCO au tourisme créatif

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)

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

Entretien // LouléCriativo (Portugal) un modèle de développement durable

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

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

Entrevista / Alyssa Phares Diretora Executiva de Paducah (EUA), de Cidade Criativa da UNESCO ao turismo criativo

INTERVIEW: Talks on Sapporo, UNESCO City of Media Arts

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

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

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

Dr Mervat Abdel-Nasser, New Hermopolis (Egypt)

Intervista / Alyssa Phares, Direttrice Esecutiva di Paducah (USA): da Città Creativa dell’UNESCO al turismo creativo

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

Intervista con Daniela Nikolova, Responsabile del Centro Informazioni Turistiche del Comune di Gabrovo

Entrevista / Alyssa Phares, Directora Ejecutiva de Paducah (EE. UU.): de Ciudad Creativa de la UNESCO al turismo creativo

Interview with Nicolas Monquaut (French Ministry of Culture)

Entrevista // LouléCriativo (Portugal) um modelo de desenvolvimento sustentável

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

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

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

Entretien avec Daniela Nikolova, Responsable du Centre d’Information Touristique de la Municipalité de Gabrovo

Interview with Jingdezhen: Revitalizing a Ceramic Capital through Creative Tourism

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

Marina Simião, Patchwork Methodology (Brazil)

Entrevista com Daniela Nikolova, Chefe do Centro de Informação Turística do Município de Gabrovo

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

Entrevista con Daniela Nikolova, Jefa del Centro de Información Turística del Municipio de Gabrovo

Intervista // LouléCriativo (Portogallo), un modello di sviluppo sostenibile

Entrevista // LouléCriativo (Portugal) un model de desenvolupament sostenible

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

CREATIVE EXPERIENCES

Ceramic with la Maison du Potier 

Dive into a potter’s workshop

Mosaic workshop in Barcelona

Creative writing workshop with Prips

Grenada Cocoa & Spices Health and Wellness Tour

Experiencing authentic Bajan life in Nzuri Eco Retreat (Barbados)

Recife is always carnival 

Cooking workshops Colombian food

Introduction to pottery wheel

Empordà-style decoration workshop

Workshop for carnival masks

A countryside experience

Painting and wine workshops

Bumi & Ashe pottery

Candle making workshops

Routes through the Moravian hill

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

Iron and derivates 

Traditional Weaving in Thailand

Nagô ancestrality popular culture 

Pottery with Quincha Quintil

Wood crafting workshop

Medellín | Colombia

Illustration workshop with Calamina

Visit Timis | Romania

Cardboard workshop in Loulé

Christmas ornament blowing workshop

Photography school

Make your own marbled papers

Visit of a pottery workshop 

Sculpture workshop

Silleteras farms

Amulet Making in Thailand

Beeswax candles

Discover ceramic modeling

Thai Creative Art in Thailand

Hubs of creative makers

Algarve Cataplana

Oenological games

Breads of Barcelos creative city

Print making with Casa Plan  

Embroidery and weaving 

Kaïros, the Gallery of Bowls (Charentes, France)

Scented candles workshops 

A half-day in the world of weaving

Barcelos | Portugal

Silk painting workshop

Limaçon – Stone-cutting workshop

Kite making workshops for kids 

Do It Your Frites

SUCCESS STORIES

Barcelos inaugura la seva Casa de la Creativitat

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

Barcelos inaugura la sua Casa della Creatività

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

Creative Tourism, awarded in the Medellín Product Show Contest

Barcelos inaugurates its House of Creativity

Creative Tourism in the Llanquihue Lake (Chile)

Barcelos inaugura a Casa da Criatividade

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

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

Djerba focuses on creative and sustainable tourism in Tunisia

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

Successful experiential press and fam trips!

Les Îles de la Madeleine: un modèle de tourisme créatif

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

Barcelos inaugura su Casa de la Creatividad

New Horizons: Gabrovo, between magic and traditions

Gabrovo Creative Tourissm: successful glass tangle festival

Barcelos inaugure sa Maison de la Créativité

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

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

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