CREATIVE TOURISM NETWORK®

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

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NEWS

The Creative Tourism Network® invites destinations from all over the world to apply for the CreativeFriendlyDestination® label.

Open Call for 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 FRIENDLY Destinations

INTERVIEWS

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

INTERVIEW: Talks on Sapporo, UNESCO City of Media Arts

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

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

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

Interview with Jingdezhen: Revitalizing a Ceramic Capital through Creative Tourism

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

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

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

Dr Mervat Abdel-Nasser, New Hermopolis (Egypt)

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

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

Marina Simião, Patchwork Methodology (Brazil)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

CREATIVE EXPERIENCES

Traditional Weaving in Thailand

Photographic rally in Barcelona

Cooking workshops

Molding the clay on the Potter’s Wheel

Algarve Cataplana

Dry and fresh flower basket and wreath workshop 

Mosaic workshop in Barcelona

Gîte agrotouristique la Marie-Simonne

Cocoa beans into chocolate workshop

Visit of wine estate Domaine Pautier

National Museum Cebu

Gourmande de nature – Culinary workshop

Live the authentic Saint Vincent lifestyle with NatureFresh Adventures 

Routes through the Commune 13

Bear cave printing 

Braid making

Photographic Route in Loulé (Portugal)

Ceramic workshop at the charming Emo Etar

Bakespace cooking workshop 

Maracatu raízes de pai adão 

Embroidery and weaving 

Around Louvre-Lens | France

A half-day in the world of weaving

Create your own Sukhothai pattern in Thaïland

Wood carving workshops

Learn at the ceramic school in La Bisbal

Cartoon drawing masterclass

Amulet Making in Thailand

Cultural struggles 

Fooding experience

Design your own perfumes

Wines and vines experiences 

Merit Creation in Thailand

Marie Line’s Creative Workshop in Brouage

Saint Honorat island wine tastings

Pottery workshop with Show d’Boucane 

Up Fab Lab 3D printing 

Nabeul | Tunisia

Sketching workshop in Barcelona

Haskap and permaculture

Shape your Catalan art ceramics

Sining eskinita 

Visit of a pottery workshop 

Basketry and wicker 

Carnival Experience in Trinidad & Tobago

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

Oenological games

From alpaca breeding to knitting

Cooking Workshop & Spirulina 

Goat’s hair processing

SUCCESS STORIES

Creative Tourism in the Llanquihue Lake (Chile)

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

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

New Horizons: Gabrovo, between magic and traditions

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

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

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:

Gabrovo Creative Tourissm: successful glass tangle festival

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

Barcelos inaugurates its House of Creativity

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

Creative Tourism, awarded in the Medellín Product Show Contest

The Îles de la Madeleine: a model of creative tourism

Successful experiential press and fam trips!

Gabrovo Carnival, an International Cultural Landmark

Les Îles de la Madeleine: un modèle de tourisme créatif

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