CREATIVE TOURISM NETWORK®

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

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

Creative Tourism in the Charentes Region (France): Interview with Elisa Valinejad, Founder of Moulin sous la Vergne :

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

Creative Tourism in Charentes (France): Interview with Jean‑Louis Laboissière, Les Hauts de Talmont: A Creative Wine Experience in Charentes (France)

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

Dr Mervat Abdel-Nasser, New Hermopolis (Egypt)

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

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

Interview with Jingdezhen: Revitalizing a Ceramic Capital through Creative Tourism

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

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

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

Creative Tourism in the Charentes Region (France) : Interview with Sarah Dupuis, ceramist “Shaping the Essence of the Charentes”

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

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

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

Interview with Nicolas Monquaut (French Ministry of Culture)

CANNES Creative Tourism: Interview with Laure Toma, Leisure Tourism Director, Cannes Visitors Bureau,

INTERVIEW: Talks on Sapporo, UNESCO City of Media Arts

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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?

Marina Simião, Patchwork Methodology (Brazil)

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

CREATIVE EXPERIENCES

Raku and pottery workshop at Show d’Boucane

Pottery with Quincha Quintil

Photographic rally in Barcelona

Brew your own beer!

Cyanotype with Algarve Flora Elements

Photography school

Dive into a potter’s workshop

Sfax-Kerkennah | Tunisia

Cardboard workshop in Loulé

From alpaca breeding to knitting

Bear cave printing 

Graphic audiovisual art with Perro Sur 

Painting and wine workshops

Arts & Craft Tour in Nevis

Molding the clay on the Potter’s Wheel

Guerreiros do passo

Create your own soap

Grandma’s Cooking – Barcelona

Scented candles workshops 

Miel en mer – beeswax candle making workshop

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

Experiencing authentic culture in Trinidad & Tobago with Pure Lopino Tours

Silk painting workshop

Working with palm leaves to make plaiters

Charentes | France

Glass workshop

Snow sculpture in Saint Jean Port Joli – Québec

Catalan crafts

Sketching workshop in Barcelona

Nagô ancestrality popular culture 

Creation of leather goods

Marie Line’s Creative Workshop in Brouage

Photowalk: Loulé Street Photography

Bumi & Ashe pottery

Guided tour to a curds workshop 

Iron and derivates 

Interactive DIY & upcylcing workshops

Christmas ornament blowing workshop

Introduction to creative techniques at the museum

Embroidery and weaving 

Herbalism and summer care

Routes through the Commune 13

Visit of a pottery workshop 

Candle making workshops

Eco-Art atelier

Kite making workshops for kids 

Rumba rythm

Paint Barcelos’ iconic rooster!

Djerba | Tunisia

Gabrovo | Bulgaria

SUCCESS STORIES

Gabrovo Carnival, an International Cultural Landmark

Creative Tourism in the Llanquihue Lake (Chile)

New Horizons: Gabrovo, between magic and traditions

Successful experiential press and fam trips!

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

“Barranquilla Recognized as the World’s Best Creative Destination by the Creative Tourism Network®, and Its Carnival Named the World’s Best Creative Event”!

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

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

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

Gabrovo Creative Tourissm: successful glass tangle festival

Barcelos inaugurates its House of Creativity

Les Îles de la Madeleine: un modèle de tourisme créatif

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:

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

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

Creative Tourism, awarded in the Medellín Product Show Contest

Djerba focuses on creative and sustainable tourism in Tunisia

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