CREATIVE TOURISM NETWORK®

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

  • RESEARCH + DEVELOPMENT + INNOVATION (R+D+i)

    RESEARCH + DEVELOPMENT + INNOVATION (R+D+i)

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 // LouléCriativo (Portugal) un modelo de desarrollo sostenible

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

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

Interview with Nicolas Monquaut (French Ministry of Culture)

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

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

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

Dr Mervat Abdel-Nasser, New Hermopolis (Egypt)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Interview with Jingdezhen: Revitalizing a Ceramic Capital through Creative Tourism

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Marina Simião, Patchwork Methodology (Brazil)

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

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

INTERVIEW: Talks on Sapporo, UNESCO City of Media Arts

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

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

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

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

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

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

CREATIVE EXPERIENCES

Up Fab Lab 3D printing 

Experiencing authentic Bajan life in Nzuri Eco Retreat (Barbados)

Gîte agrotouristique la Marie-Simonne

Lantern Making in Thailand

Goat’s hair processing

Beeswax candles

Culinary arts experiences 

Hubs of creative makers

Cyanotype with Algarve Flora Elements

Catalan crafts

Nicosia | Cyprus

Draw what you drink

Pottery workshop with Show d’Boucane 

Pottery with Quincha Quintil

Shape your Catalan art ceramics

Recife is always carnival 

Cocoa beans into chocolate workshop

Mosaic workshop in Barcelona

My first pottery piece 

Sketching workshop in Barcelona

Mind Lab crafts

Traditional bulgarian dances and musics workshop in Gabrovo

Design your own perfumes

Marie Line’s Creative Workshop in Brouage

Dahar | Tunisia

Algarve Cataplana

Survival day: return to -450,000 years

Visit Timis | Romania

«The mark of fire» pyrography on wood

Coffee farms

Medellín | Colombia

Creative Arts Workshops

Aromalight workshops

Cévennes cooking workshop

Snow sculpture in Saint Jean Port Joli – Québec

Wild picking and organic market gardening

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

Discover ceramic modeling

Cultural struggles 

Guided tour to a curds workshop 

Routes through the Commune 13

Breads of Barcelos creative city

Bakery for ritual breads

Watercolour workshop with Diane Boilard

Basketry and wicker 

Catalan cooking class

Introduction to Western riding

Cebu | Philippines

Gabrovo | Bulgaria

Glass workshop

SUCCESS STORIES

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

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:

Barcelos inaugure sa Maison de la Créativité

Les Îles de la Madeleine: un modèle de tourisme créatif

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

Successful experiential press and fam trips!

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

New Horizons: Gabrovo, between magic and traditions

Gabrovo Creative Tourissm: successful glass tangle festival

Creative Tourism, awarded in the Medellín Product Show Contest

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:

Creative Tourism in the Llanquihue Lake (Chile)

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

The Îles de la Madeleine: a model of creative tourism

Barcelos inaugurates its House of Creativity

Barcelos inaugura a Casa da Criatividade

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

Djerba focuses on creative and sustainable tourism in Tunisia

Barcelos inaugura su Casa de la Creatividad

Barcelos inaugura la seva Casa de la Creativitat

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