CREATIVE TOURISM NETWORK®

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

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NEWS

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 TOURISM: CANNES, NEW GLOBAL LEADER!

CREATIVE FRIENDLY Destinations

INTERVIEWS

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

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

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

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

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

Interview with Jingdezhen: Revitalizing a Ceramic Capital through Creative Tourism

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

Marina Simião, Patchwork Methodology (Brazil)

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

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

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

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

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

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

Dr Mervat Abdel-Nasser, New Hermopolis (Egypt)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

INTERVIEW: Talks on Sapporo, UNESCO City of Media Arts

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

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

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

Interview with Nicolas Monquaut (French Ministry of Culture)

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

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

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

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

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

CREATIVE EXPERIENCES

Living in island of Gods

Oenological games

Art-deco paper jewellery

Cyanotype with Algarve Flora Elements

National Museum Cebu

Cévennes cooking workshop

Eco-Art atelier

Barcelos imagery

Sew a Taleigo bag in Loulé

Dive into a potter’s workshop

Snow sculpture in Saint Jean Port Joli – Québec

Photowalk: Loulé Street Photography

Live the authentic Saint Vincent lifestyle with NatureFresh Adventures 

My first pottery piece 

«The mark of fire» pyrography on wood

Creative leather workshop: design your own custom bag, jewelry or coin purse!

Merit Creation in Thailand

Medellín | Colombia

Basketry and wicker 

Molding the clay on the Potter’s Wheel

Cardboard workshop in Loulé

Routes through the Commune 13

Making adornments from wool

Silk painting workshop

Gabrovo | Bulgaria

Nagô ancestrality popular culture 

Performing tour 

Recife tour & manguebeat story 

Visit of a pottery workshop 

Iron and derivates 

Traditional bulgarian dances and musics workshop in Gabrovo

Working with palm leaves to make plaiters

Kaïros, the Gallery of Bowls (Charentes, France)

Discover ceramic modeling

Mind Lab crafts

Tour of Port of Spain infused with a taste of Trini

Workshop for carnival masks

Haskap and permaculture

Discover Cannes Honey

Brew your own beer!

Photographic Route in Loulé (Portugal)

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

Catalan cooking class

Draw what you drink

Bumi & Ashe pottery

Tam-Awan village art workshops 

Visit our artist studios

Aromalight workshops

Wool & felt workshop with Miel de Oveja

Creative writing workshop with Prips

SUCCESS STORIES

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

Barcelos inaugura a Casa da Criatividade

Barcelos inaugura la seva Casa de la Creativitat

Les Îles de la Madeleine: un modèle de tourisme créatif

Djerba focuses on creative and sustainable tourism in Tunisia

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

New Horizons: Gabrovo, between magic and traditions

Creative Tourism in the Llanquihue Lake (Chile)

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

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:

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

Gabrovo Creative Tourissm: successful glass tangle festival

Successful experiential press and fam trips!

Barcelos inaugure sa Maison de la Créativité

Barcelos inaugurates its House of Creativity

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

Barcelos inaugura su Casa de la Creatividad

Barcelos inaugura la sua Casa della Creatività

Creative Tourism, awarded in the Medellín Product Show Contest

The Îles de la Madeleine: a model of creative tourism

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

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