CREATIVE TOURISM NETWORK®

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

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Creative Tourism Network® Honours Essaouira with the “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 TOURISM AWARDS 2025: A luxury panel of winners!

CREATIVE TOURISM: CANNES, NEW GLOBAL LEADER!

Salvador da Bahia fosters Creative Tourism

CREATIVE FRIENDLY Destinations

INTERVIEWS

Intervista con Daniela Nikolova, Responsabile del Centro Informazioni Turistiche del Comune di Gabrovo

Marina Simião, Patchwork Methodology (Brazil)

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

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

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

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

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

INTERVIEW: Talks on Sapporo, UNESCO City of Media Arts

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

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

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

Entrevista amb Daniela Nikolova, Cap del Centre d’Informació Turística de l’Ajuntament de Gabrovo

Entrevista con Daniela Nikolova, Jefa del Centro de Información Turística del Municipio de Gabrovo

Interview with Nicolas Monquaut (French Ministry of Culture)

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

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

Entrevista com Daniela Nikolova, Chefe do Centro de Informação Turística do Município de Gabrovo

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

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

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

Interview with Jingdezhen: Revitalizing a Ceramic Capital through Creative Tourism

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Dr Mervat Abdel-Nasser, New Hermopolis (Egypt)

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

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

Entretien avec Daniela Nikolova, Responsable du Centre d’Information Touristique de la Municipalité de Gabrovo

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

CREATIVE EXPERIENCES

Experiencing authentic Bajan life in Nzuri Eco Retreat (Barbados)

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

Routes through the Commune 13

Dry and fresh flower basket and wreath workshop 

Haskap and permaculture

Creative workshops at the Bambouseraie

Soap making with la fille de la mer 

A countryside experience

Cosmetic workshop

Tam-Awan village art workshops 

Silk painting workshop

Discover Cannes Honey

Eco-Art atelier

Ceramic with la Maison du Potier 

Cultural struggles 

Watercolour workshop with Diane Boilard

Recife tour & manguebeat story 

Kingston | Jamaica

Scented candles workshops 

Cyanotype with Algarve Flora Elements

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

Street art with VSA tour 

Create your own soap

Spinning and weaving of linen

Regional Folk Dance Workshop 

Survival day: return to -450,000 years

San Antonio | Texas – U.S.A

Photographic rally in Barcelona

Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine (Magdalen Islands) | Quebec

Photography workshop

Charentes | France

Barcelos chocolate experience

Empordà-style decoration workshop

Creative Arts Workshops

Kite making workshops for kids 

Art-deco paper jewellery

Guerreiros do passo

Pottery workshop

My first pottery piece 

Traditional dances workshop

Limaçon – Stone-cutting workshop

Traditional Weaving in Thailand

Beeswax candles

Algarve Cataplana

Cévennes cooking workshop

Maracatu raízes de pai adão 

Cebu making space creative workshops

Grape harvesting at Quinta da Tôr

Photography workshops

Wood carving workshops

SUCCESS STORIES

Successful experiential press and fam trips!

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

Barcelos inaugurates its House of Creativity

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

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

Barcelos inaugura la seva Casa de la Creativitat

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

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:

New Horizons: Gabrovo, between magic and traditions

Barcelos inaugura a Casa da Criatividade

Barcelos inaugura la sua Casa della Creatività

Barcelos inaugura su Casa de la Creatividad

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

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

Barcelos inaugure sa Maison de la Créativité

Creative Tourism in the Llanquihue Lake (Chile)

Les Îles de la Madeleine: un modèle de tourisme créatif

Djerba focuses on creative and sustainable tourism in Tunisia

THEY TRUST US