CREATIVE TOURISM NETWORK®

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

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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

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

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

INTERVIEW: Talks on Sapporo, UNESCO City of Media Arts

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

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

Dr Mervat Abdel-Nasser, New Hermopolis (Egypt)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Interview with Nicolas Monquaut (French Ministry of Culture)

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

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

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

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

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

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

Interview with Jingdezhen: Revitalizing a Ceramic Capital through Creative Tourism

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

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

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

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

Marina Simião, Patchwork Methodology (Brazil)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

CREATIVE EXPERIENCES

Goat’s hair processing

Straw marquetry

Creative workshops at the Bambouseraie

Making adornments from wool

Rumba rythm

Wild picking and organic market gardening

Olive oil workshop

Raku and pottery workshop at Show d’Boucane

Bakery workshop in Saint Jean Port Joli

A half-day in the world of weaving

Experiencing authentic culture in Trinidad & Tobago with Pure Lopino Tours

Local cuisine workshop

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

Graphic audiovisual art with Perro Sur 

Wines and vines experiences 

Bear cave printing 

Cooking Workshop & Spirulina 

Molding the clay on the Potter’s Wheel

Fig Trilogy

Scented candles workshops 

National Museum Cebu

Haskap and permaculture

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

Saint-Jean-Port-Joli | Quebec

Regional Folk Dance Workshop 

Barcelos | Portugal

Survival day: return to -450,000 years

Traditional dances workshop

Draw what you drink

Art-deco paper jewellery

Lobster trap fabrication at Musée de l’Île d’Entrée

Traditional bulgarian dances and musics workshop in Gabrovo

Pottery with Quincha Quintil

Barcelos imagery

Routes through the Moravian hill

Fooding experience

Ceramic, drawing & jewelry workshop with Sanaa Studio 

Tour of Port of Spain infused with a taste of Trini

Aromalight workshops

Bakery for ritual breads

Brew your own beer!

Bamboo Weaving in Thailand

Glass blowing workshop at La Méduse

Creation of leather goods

Learn at the ceramic school in La Bisbal

Thai Creative Art in Thailand

Make your own marbled papers

Embroidery and weaving 

Tam-Awan village art workshops 

Candle making workshops

SUCCESS STORIES

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

Djerba focuses on creative and sustainable tourism in Tunisia

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

Creative Tourism, awarded in the Medellín Product Show Contest

The Îles de la Madeleine: a model of creative tourism

Gabrovo Creative Tourissm: successful glass tangle festival

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

New Horizons: Gabrovo, between magic and traditions

Barcelos inaugura a Casa da Criatividade

Barcelos inaugure sa Maison de la Créativité

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 la seva Casa de la Creativitat

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:

Barcelos inaugurates its House of Creativity

Successful experiential press and fam trips!

Barcelos inaugura la sua Casa della Creatività

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

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

Creative Tourism in the Llanquihue Lake (Chile)

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

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