CREATIVE TOURISM NETWORK®

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

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 / 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)

Dr Mervat Abdel-Nasser, New Hermopolis (Egypt)

Interview with Nicolas Monquaut (French Ministry of Culture)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 // 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?

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

Marina Simião, Patchwork Methodology (Brazil)

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

Interview with Jingdezhen: Revitalizing a Ceramic Capital through Creative Tourism

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

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

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

INTERVIEW: Talks on Sapporo, UNESCO City of Media Arts

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

CREATIVE EXPERIENCES

San Antonio | Texas – U.S.A

Coffee workshop with Taller Cafe

Baguio city creative forum 

Do It Your Frites

Cocoa beans into chocolate workshop

Cévennes cooking workshop

Grapes of Roussillon in hand and mouth 

Carnival Experience in Trinidad & Tobago

Interactive DIY & upcylcing workshops

Oenological games

Pottery with Quincha Quintil

From Market to Table

Introduction to creative techniques at the museum

Sfax-Kerkennah | Tunisia

Tour operator with Ecomapu 

Recife is always carnival 

Arts & Crafts markets

Traditional music & dances experiences 

Bamboo Weaving in Thailand

Ceramic with la Maison du Potier 

Bear cave printing 

Creation of leather goods

Paint Barcelos’ iconic rooster!

Mind Lab crafts

Come to Brasilia Teimosa 

Barcelos | Portugal

Visit our artist studios

Baguio | Philippines

Aromalight workshops

Rumba rythm

Print making with Casa Plan  

Making a Taleigo bag

Traditional dances workshop

Watercolour workshop with Diane Boilard

Caboclinho 7 flexas 

Cosmetic workshop

Cooking workshops Colombian food

Tam-Awan village art workshops 

Bakespace cooking workshop 

Hubs of creative makers

Amulet Making in Thailand

Catalan castellers

Catalan crafts

Limaçon – Stone-cutting workshop

Nabeul | Tunisia

Silleteras farms

Local cuisine workshop

Djerba | Tunisia

Kite making workshops for kids 

National Museum Cebu

SUCCESS STORIES

Les Îles de la Madeleine: un modèle de tourisme créatif

Gabrovo Creative Tourissm: successful glass tangle festival

Gabrovo Carnival, an International Cultural Landmark

Barcelos inaugurates its House of Creativity

Creative Tourism in the Llanquihue Lake (Chile)

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

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: 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!

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

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

Successful experiential press and fam trips!

“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

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

Djerba focuses on creative and sustainable tourism in Tunisia

Creative Tourism, awarded in the Medellín Product Show Contest

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

THEY TRUST US