CREATIVE TOURISM NETWORK®

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

  • INTERNATIONAL EVENTS
    INTERNATIONAL EVENTS

NEWS

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

New Orleans Named World’s Best Creative Destination by the Creative Tourism Network®

CREATIVE FRIENDLY Destinations

INTERVIEWS

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Dr Mervat Abdel-Nasser, New Hermopolis (Egypt)

INTERVIEW: Talks on Sapporo, UNESCO City of Media Arts

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

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 Charentes region (France): Interview with Sandra Coud, Textile Artisan; “Stitching the Creative Spirit of the Charentes”

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

Interview with Jingdezhen: Revitalizing a Ceramic Capital through Creative Tourism

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

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

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

Marina Simião, Patchwork Methodology (Brazil)

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

CREATIVE EXPERIENCES

Nabeul | Tunisia

Living in island of Gods

Rumba rythm

Survival day: return to -450,000 years

Creative programming of our festivals & museum

Dry and fresh flower basket and wreath workshop 

Botanical printing

Lantern Making in Thailand

Christmas ornament blowing workshop

Photographic rally in Barcelona

Mosaic workshop in Barcelona

Illustration workshop with Calamina

Silk painting workshop

Guided tour to a curds workshop 

Draw what you drink

Photographic Route in Loulé (Portugal)

Stonemason workshop 

Creative Arts Workshops

Wood carving workshops

Stained glass workshop “I Did It Myself”

Cooking Workshop & Spirulina 

Visit a farmhouse around sheeps

Scented and Floral Vegetable Candle Making Workshop with Ombellessence

Local cuisine workshop

Make your own marbled papers

Visit of a pottery workshop 

Catalan wine tasting

Cooking workshops Colombian food

Candle making workshops

Up Fab Lab 3D printing 

Cultural struggles 

Sining eskinita 

Visit our artist studios

Cebu making space creative workshops

Design your own perfumes

Glass workshop in Gabrovo (Bulgaria)

Baguio city creative forum 

Kaïros, the Gallery of Bowls (Charentes, France)

Catalan cooking class

Empordanet | Catalonia

Paint Barcelos’ iconic rooster!

OpArt atelier

Cévennes cooking workshop

Cocoa beans into chocolate workshop

Bumi & Ashe pottery

Bakery for ritual breads

Wood Carving Workshop

Introduction to creative techniques at the museum

Marie Line’s Creative Workshop in Brouage

Tour of Port of Spain infused with a taste of Trini

SUCCESS STORIES

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

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

The Îles de la Madeleine: a model of creative tourism

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:

Barcelos inaugurates its House of Creativity

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

Gabrovo Carnival, an International Cultural Landmark

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

Successful experiential press and fam trips!

Les Îles de la Madeleine: un modèle de tourisme créatif

Creative Tourism, awarded in the Medellín Product Show Contest

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

Djerba focuses on creative and sustainable tourism in Tunisia

Creative Tourism in the Llanquihue Lake (Chile)

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

New Horizons: Gabrovo, between magic and traditions

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

Gabrovo Creative Tourissm: successful glass tangle festival

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