CREATIVE TOURISM NETWORK®

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

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Creative Tourism Network® Honours Essaouira with the “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

Dr Mervat Abdel-Nasser, New Hermopolis (Egypt)

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

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

INTERVIEW: Talks on Sapporo, UNESCO City of Media Arts

Interview with Nicolas Monquaut (French Ministry of Culture)

Marina Simião, Patchwork Methodology (Brazil)

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 with Jingdezhen: Revitalizing a Ceramic Capital through Creative Tourism

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

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

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

CREATIVE EXPERIENCES

Snow sculpture in Saint Jean Port Joli – Québec

Braid making

Gabrovo | Bulgaria

Arts & Craft Tour in Nevis

Creative walks

Medellín | Colombia

Art-deco paper jewellery

Writing with a goose feather

Dive into a potter’s workshop

Culinary arts experiences 

Oyster Knife Making

Cosmetic workshop

San Antonio | Texas – U.S.A

Introduction to Western riding

Grapes of Roussillon in hand and mouth 

Watercolour workshop with Diane Boilard

Bamboo Weaving in Thailand

Embroidery and weaving 

Around Louvre-Lens | France

Wild picking and organic market gardening

Soap making with la fille de la mer 

Glass blowing workshop at La Méduse

Travel sketchbook

Stained glass workshop “I Did It Myself”

Algarve Cataplana

Ceramic workshop in Thailand

National Museum Cebu

Painting and wine workshops

Recife tour & manguebeat story 

Performing tour 

Aromalight workshops

Mosaic workshop in Barcelona

Discover ceramic modeling

Amulet Making in Thailand

Sandcastle building workshop for kids

Cooking workshops Colombian food

Merit Creation in Thailand

Bumi & Ashe pottery

Spinning and weaving of linen

Local cuisine workshop

Bakery workshop in Saint Jean Port Joli

Hand spinning workshop

Up Fab Lab 3D printing 

Traditional bulgarian dances and musics workshop in Gabrovo

Shape your Catalan art ceramics

Guerreiros do passo

Create your own soap

Gîte agrotouristique la Marie-Simonne

Barcelona | Spain

Ceramic, drawing & jewelry workshop with Sanaa Studio 

SUCCESS STORIES

Gabrovo Creative Tourissm: successful glass tangle festival

Barcelos inaugura la sua Casa della Creatività

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:

Barcelos inaugura a Casa da Criatividade

Barcelos inaugurates its House of Creativity

New Horizons: Gabrovo, between magic and traditions

The Îles de la Madeleine: a model of creative tourism

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

Djerba focuses on creative and sustainable tourism in Tunisia

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

Successful experiential press and fam trips!

Barcelos inaugura la seva Casa de la Creativitat

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:

Barcelos inaugura su Casa de la Creatividad

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

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

Barcelos inaugure sa Maison de la Créativité

Creative Tourism, awarded in the Medellín Product Show Contest

Creative Tourism in the Llanquihue Lake (Chile)

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

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