CREATIVE TOURISM NETWORK®

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

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

NEWS

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

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 FRIENDLY Destinations

INTERVIEWS

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

Interview with Nicolas Monquaut (French Ministry of Culture)

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

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

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

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

INTERVIEW: Talks on Sapporo, UNESCO City of Media Arts

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Interview with Jingdezhen: Revitalizing a Ceramic Capital through Creative Tourism

Dr Mervat Abdel-Nasser, New Hermopolis (Egypt)

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

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

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

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

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

Marina Simião, Patchwork Methodology (Brazil)

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

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

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

CREATIVE EXPERIENCES

Tozeur | Tunisia

Aromalight workshops

Barcelona | Spain

Glass blowing workshop at La Méduse

Culinary arts experiences 

Around Louvre-Lens | France

Djerba | Tunisia

Photographic rally in Barcelona

A countryside experience

Iloilo | Philippines

Online dance with Latoya

A half-day in the world of weaving

Creative workshops at the Bambouseraie

Visit Timis | Romania

Introduction to pottery wheel

Traditional bulgarian dances and musics workshop in Gabrovo

Algarve Cataplana

Grandma’s Cooking – Barcelona

Live the authentic Saint Vincent lifestyle with NatureFresh Adventures 

Cyanotype with Algarve Flora Elements

Aromalight workshops

San Antonio | Texas – U.S.A

We’ve crochet café knitting workshop 

Modeling technique of a small stoneware piece 

Olive oil workshop

Stained glass workshop “I Did It Myself”

Bamboo cooking

Grape harvesting at Quinta da Tôr

Ceramic workshop in Thailand

Marie Line’s Creative Workshop in Brouage

Visit of wine estate Domaine Pautier

Cévennes cooking workshop

Photographic Route in Loulé (Portugal)

Arts & Crafts markets

Living in island of Gods

Olha! Recife

Kaïros, the Gallery of Bowls (Charentes, France)

Sfax-Kerkennah | Tunisia

Working with palm leaves to make plaiters

Performing tour 

Barcelos creative tourism for seniors

Tour of Port of Spain infused with a taste of Trini

Tam-Awan village art workshops 

Visit a farmhouse around sheeps

Graphic audiovisual art with Perro Sur 

Haskap and permaculture

Snow sculpture in Saint Jean Port Joli – Québec

Barcelos chocolate experience

Spinning and weaving of linen

Crazy about the Caribbean Kids Workshop

SUCCESS STORIES

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

Gabrovo Carnival, an International Cultural Landmark

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

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

The Îles de la Madeleine: a model of creative tourism

Gabrovo Creative Tourissm: successful glass tangle festival

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

Creative Tourism in the Llanquihue Lake (Chile)

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

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

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

Djerba focuses on creative and sustainable tourism in Tunisia

Successful experiential press and fam trips!

Barcelos inaugurates its House of Creativity

Creative Tourism, awarded in the Medellín Product Show Contest

New Horizons: Gabrovo, between magic and traditions

THEY TRUST US