CREATIVE TOURISM NETWORK®

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

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NEWS

Creative Tourism among the Innovative Solutions Featured at TIS Seville 2026

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

CREATIVE FRIENDLY Destinations

INTERVIEWS

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

Dr Mervat Abdel-Nasser, New Hermopolis (Egypt)

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

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

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

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

Interview with Jingdezhen: Revitalizing a Ceramic Capital through Creative Tourism

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Creative Tourism in the Charentes Region (France): Interview with Elisa Valinejad, Founder of Moulin sous la Vergne :

Interview with Nicolas Monquaut (French Ministry of Culture)

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

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

Marina Simião, Patchwork Methodology (Brazil)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

CREATIVE EXPERIENCES

Catalan cooking class

Saint Honorat island wine tastings

Braid making

“Pélardon” cheese workshop

“Azulejos” tiles painting

Snow sculpture in Saint Jean Port Joli – Québec

Kite making workshops for kids 

Tour operator with Ecomapu 

Visit Timis | Romania

Do It Your Frites

Guerreiros do passo

Cultural struggles 

Oyster Knife Making

Photowalk: Loulé Street Photography

Local cuisine workshop

Caboclinho 7 flexas 

Photography workshops

Photographic rally in Barcelona

Cebu making space creative workshops

Photography workshop

From alpaca breeding to knitting

Routes through the Commune 13

Dry and fresh flower basket and wreath workshop 

Wild picking and organic market gardening

Hand spinning workshop

Christmas ornament blowing workshop

Stained glass workshop “I Did It Myself”

Illustration workshop with Calamina

Botanical printing

Recife | Brazil

Traditional bulgarian dances and musics workshop in Gabrovo

Wood carving workshops

Soap making with la fille de la mer 

Come to Brasilia Teimosa 

Loulé | Portugal

Photographic Route in Loulé (Portugal)

Cooking class: your own bulgarian specialities

Traditional dances workshop

«The mark of fire» pyrography on wood

Arts & Crafts markets

Gourmande de nature – Culinary workshop

Learn at the ceramic school in La Bisbal

Recife tour & manguebeat story 

Gabrovo | Bulgaria

Grape harvesting at Quinta da Tôr

Guided tour to a curds workshop 

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

Baguio | Philippines

Wool & felt workshop with Miel de Oveja

Workshop Art and Creativity / Writing Art-Nature at Nicole Gravel Workshop & Gallery

SUCCESS STORIES

New Horizons: Gabrovo, between magic and traditions

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

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

Gabrovo Carnival, an International Cultural Landmark

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

Successful experiential press and fam trips!

Djerba focuses on creative and sustainable tourism in Tunisia

Barcelos inaugurates its House of Creativity

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

Les Îles de la Madeleine: un modèle de tourisme créatif

The Îles de la Madeleine: a model of creative tourism

Creative Tourism in the Llanquihue Lake (Chile)

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:

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.

Creative Tourism, awarded in the Medellín Product Show Contest

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

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

THEY TRUST US