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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Interview with Nicolas Monquaut (French Ministry of Culture)

Marina Simião, Patchwork Methodology (Brazil)

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

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

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

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

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

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

Dr Mervat Abdel-Nasser, New Hermopolis (Egypt)

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

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

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

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: Talks on Sapporo, UNESCO City of Media Arts

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

Interview with Jingdezhen: Revitalizing a Ceramic Capital through Creative Tourism

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

CREATIVE EXPERIENCES

Photography workshops

Discover ceramic modeling

Discover Cannes Honey

Regional Folk Dance Workshop 

Visit our artist studios

Create your own soap

Ceramic with la Maison du Potier 

Creative Arts Workshops

«The mark of fire» pyrography on wood

Ceramic workshop in Thailand

Bamboo cooking

Cebu making space creative workshops

Raku and pottery workshop at Show d’Boucane

Culinary arts experiences 

Pottery workshop with Show d’Boucane 

Candle making workshops

San Antonio | Texas – U.S.A

Gabrovo | Bulgaria

Making a Taleigo bag

“Come Leh We Go to Tobago” – Patriotic T&T

Cyanotype with Algarve Flora Elements

Working with palm leaves to make plaiters

Christmas ornament blowing workshop

Botanical printing

Cebu | Philippines

Guerreiros do passo

Learn at the ceramic school in La Bisbal

Routes through the Moravian hill

Create your own Sukhothai pattern in Thaïland

Lantern Making in Thailand

Brew your own beer!

Painting, drawing, engraving workshop

Traditional weaving workshop

Goat’s hair processing

La Fille de la Mer – body cosmetics workshop

Do It Your Frites

Bamboo Weaving in Thailand

Herbalism and summer care

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

Silleteras farms

Barcelos | Portugal

Catalan castellers

Baguio city creative forum 

National Museum Cebu

Tasting and creation of crazy salts 

Ecological farm visit

Thai Creative Art in Thailand

Wood crafting workshop

Iron and derivates 

Cannes | France

SUCCESS STORIES

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

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

Les Îles de la Madeleine: un modèle de tourisme créatif

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

Gabrovo Creative Tourissm: successful glass tangle festival

Creative Tourism, awarded in the Medellín Product Show Contest

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

Djerba focuses on creative and sustainable tourism in Tunisia

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

Gabrovo Carnival, an International Cultural Landmark

Barcelos inaugurates its House of Creativity

Successful experiential press and fam trips!

The Îles de la Madeleine: a model of creative tourism

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:

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

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

Creative Tourism in the Llanquihue Lake (Chile)

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