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

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

Interview with Nicolas Monquaut (French Ministry of Culture)

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 with Jingdezhen: Revitalizing a Ceramic Capital through Creative Tourism

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

Marina Simião, Patchwork Methodology (Brazil)

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

INTERVIEW: Talks on Sapporo, UNESCO City of Media Arts

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

CREATIVE EXPERIENCES

Recife tour & manguebeat story 

Live the authentic Saint Vincent lifestyle with NatureFresh Adventures 

Making adornments from wool

Living in island of Gods

Introduction to Western riding

San Antonio | Texas – U.S.A

Do It Your Frites

Herbalism and summer care

Nabeul | Tunisia

Baguio city creative forum 

Workshop for carnival masks

Print making with Casa Plan  

Recife is always carnival 

Ceramic, drawing & jewelry workshop with Sanaa Studio 

Fooding experience

Photowalk: Loulé Street Photography

Baguio | Philippines

Photography workshop

Discover and taste Empordanet products 

Pottery workshop with Show d’Boucane 

Illustration workshop with Calamina

Street art with VSA tour 

Painting, drawing, engraving workshop

Visit Timis | Romania

From Market to Table

Aromalight workshops

Coffee farms

Bamboo Weaving in Thailand

Silk painting workshop

Stained glass workshop “I Did It Myself”

Creative Arts Workshops

Arts & Crafts markets

Cebu | Philippines

Ceramics & other tailor-made crafts

Teimocidade 

Glass workshop

Grape harvesting at Quinta da Tôr

Cannes | France

Haskap and permaculture

Kaïros, the Gallery of Bowls (Charentes, France)

Tour of Port of Spain infused with a taste of Trini

Create your own Sukhothai pattern in Thaïland

Glass blowing workshop at La Méduse

Cooking class: your own bulgarian specialities

La Fille de la Mer – body cosmetics workshop

Cocoa beans into chocolate workshop

Arts & Craft Tour in Nevis

Visit of a pottery workshop 

Up Fab Lab 3D printing 

Introduction to creative techniques at the museum

SUCCESS STORIES

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

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

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

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

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:

Les Îles de la Madeleine: un modèle de tourisme créatif

New Horizons: Gabrovo, between magic and traditions

Successful experiential press and fam trips!

Barcelos inaugurates its House of Creativity

Creative Tourism in the Llanquihue Lake (Chile)

Creative Tourism, awarded in the Medellín Product Show Contest

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

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

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

Gabrovo Carnival, an International Cultural Landmark

Gabrovo Creative Tourissm: successful glass tangle festival

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

Djerba focuses on creative and sustainable tourism in Tunisia

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