CREATIVE TOURISM NETWORK®

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

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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 with Nicolas Monquaut (French Ministry of Culture)

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

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

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

Interview with Jingdezhen: Revitalizing a Ceramic Capital through Creative Tourism

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

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

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

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

Dr Mervat Abdel-Nasser, New Hermopolis (Egypt)

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

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

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

INTERVIEW: Talks on Sapporo, UNESCO City of Media Arts

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

Creative Tourism in the Charentes Region (France): Interview with Elisa Valinejad, Founder of Moulin sous la Vergne :

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

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)

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

Marina Simião, Patchwork Methodology (Brazil)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

CREATIVE EXPERIENCES

Graphic audiovisual art with Perro Sur 

We’ve crochet café knitting workshop 

Creative writing workshop with Prips

Raku ceramics craftsmanship

Eco-Art atelier

Theater museum of puppetry and clown

Barcelos | Portugal

Saint Honorat island wine tastings

Grape harvesting at Quinta da Tôr

Local cuisine workshop

Step into the soul of Belize through hands-on cultural immersion

Saint-Jean-Port-Joli | Quebec

Creative walks

Routes through the Moravian hill

Making a Taleigo bag

Empordà-style decoration workshop

Pottery workshop at “La Maison du Potier” (The potter’s house)

Cocoa beans into chocolate workshop

Basketry and wicker 

A countryside experience

Sew a Taleigo bag in Loulé

Bumi & Ashe pottery

Spinning and weaving of linen

Sining eskinita 

Create your own soap

Lantern Making in Thailand

Shape your Catalan art ceramics

A half-day in the world of weaving

Experiencing authentic culture in Trinidad & Tobago with Pure Lopino Tours

Writing with a goose feather

Amulet Making in Thailand

Brew your own beer!

Art-deco paper jewellery

Cosmetic workshop

Discover and taste Empordanet products 

Illustration workshop with Calamina

Stained glass workshop “I Did It Myself”

Ceramic workshop in Thailand

Mind Lab crafts

Come to Brasilia Teimosa 

Traditional catalan desserts

Tozeur | Tunisia

Visit of a pottery workshop 

Djerba | Tunisia

Soap making with la fille de la mer 

Arts & Craft Tour in Nevis

Regional Folk Dance Workshop 

Nagô ancestrality popular culture 

Caboclinho 7 flexas 

Photography workshop

SUCCESS STORIES

New Horizons: Gabrovo, between magic and traditions

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

Les Îles de la Madeleine: un modèle de tourisme créatif

Djerba focuses on creative and sustainable tourism in Tunisia

Barcelos inaugurates its House of Creativity

Creative Tourism, awarded in the Medellín Product Show Contest

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

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

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

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

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

Gabrovo Creative Tourissm: successful glass tangle festival

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

Successful experiential press and fam trips!

Gabrovo Carnival, an International Cultural Landmark

Creative Tourism in the Llanquihue Lake (Chile)

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

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

The Îles de la Madeleine: a model of creative tourism

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