CREATIVE TOURISM NETWORK®

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

INTERVIEW: Talks on Sapporo, UNESCO City of Media Arts

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

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

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

Dr Mervat Abdel-Nasser, New Hermopolis (Egypt)

Marina Simião, Patchwork Methodology (Brazil)

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

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

Interview with Nicolas Monquaut (French Ministry of Culture)

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

Interview with Jingdezhen: Revitalizing a Ceramic Capital through Creative Tourism

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

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

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

CREATIVE EXPERIENCES

Learn at the ceramic school in La Bisbal

Empordà-style decoration workshop

Straw marquetry

Traditional catalan desserts

Barcelos | Portugal

Grapes of Roussillon in hand and mouth 

Catalan wine tasting

Tasting and creation of crazy salts 

Ceramic, drawing & jewelry workshop with Sanaa Studio 

Catalan castellers

Charentes | France

Olive oil workshop

Draw what you drink

Wood Carving Workshop

Crazy about the Caribbean Kids Workshop

Bamboo Weaving in Thailand

Do It Your Frites

Cultural struggles 

Writing with a goose feather

Bamboo cooking

Visit of wine estate Domaine Pautier

Cosmetic workshop

Wild picking and organic market gardening

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

Introduction to pottery wheel

Algarve Cataplana

Fooding experience

Cocoa beans into chocolate workshop

Live the authentic Saint Vincent lifestyle with NatureFresh Adventures 

Photowalk: Loulé Street Photography

Shape your Catalan art ceramics

Tam-Awan village art workshops 

Print making with Casa Plan  

Make your own marbled papers

Merit Creation in Thailand

Kaïros, the Gallery of Bowls (Charentes, France)

Grape harvesting at Quinta da Tôr

Experiencing authentic culture in Trinidad & Tobago with Pure Lopino Tours

Mind Lab crafts

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

Baguio city creative forum 

Recife tour & manguebeat story 

Photographic Route in Loulé (Portugal)

Maracatu raízes de pai adão 

Regional Folk Dance Workshop 

Traditional Weaving in Thailand

Cooking workshops Colombian food

Creation of leather goods

Silk painting workshop

Discover ceramic modeling

SUCCESS STORIES

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

“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!

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

Creative Tourism in the Llanquihue Lake (Chile)

New Horizons: Gabrovo, between magic and traditions

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

Barcelos inaugurates its House of Creativity

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

Les Îles de la Madeleine: un modèle de tourisme créatif

The Îles de la Madeleine: a model of creative tourism

Successful experiential press and fam trips!

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

Gabrovo Carnival, an International Cultural Landmark

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

Djerba focuses on creative and sustainable tourism in Tunisia

Creative Tourism, awarded in the Medellín Product Show Contest

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

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