CREATIVE TOURISM NETWORK®

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

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NEWS

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 Tourism, a sustainable driver for UNESCO and European Union.

CREATIVE TOURISM AWARDS 2025: A luxury panel of winners!

CREATIVE FRIENDLY Destinations

INTERVIEWS

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)

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

Interview with Jingdezhen: Revitalizing a Ceramic Capital through Creative Tourism

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

Interview with Nicolas Monquaut (French Ministry of Culture)

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

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

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

INTERVIEW: Talks on Sapporo, UNESCO City of Media Arts

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Dr Mervat Abdel-Nasser, New Hermopolis (Egypt)

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

Marina Simião, Patchwork Methodology (Brazil)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

CREATIVE EXPERIENCES

Bamboo cooking

Wild picking and organic market gardening

Crazy about the Caribbean Kids Workshop

Empordanet | Catalonia

Lobster trap fabrication at Musée de l’Île d’Entrée

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

Cardboard workshop in Loulé

Cebu making space creative workshops

Gourmande de nature – Culinary workshop

Merit Creation in Thailand

Experiencing authentic culture in Trinidad & Tobago with Pure Lopino Tours

Barcelos | Portugal

Fig Trilogy

Glass blowing workshop at La Méduse

Paint the galo de Barcelos

Aromalight workshops

Ceramic workshop at the charming Emo Etar

Creation of leather goods

Design your own perfumes

My first pottery piece 

Cooking Workshop & Spirulina 

Silk painting workshop

Breads of Barcelos creative city

“Pélardon” cheese workshop

Loulé | Portugal

Draw what you drink

Djerba | Tunisia

Algarve Cataplana

From Market to Table

Traditional bulgarian dances and musics workshop in Gabrovo

Photowalk: Loulé Street Photography

Cooking workshops

Recife tour & manguebeat story 

Ceramic, drawing & jewelry workshop with Sanaa Studio 

Painting and wine workshops

Travel sketchbook

Dive into a potter’s workshop

Online dance with Latoya

Iron and derivates 

Sketching workshop in Barcelona

Routes through the Commune 13

Cultural struggles 

Visit a farmhouse around sheeps

We’ve crochet café knitting workshop 

Photography workshops

Pottery workshops

Sandcastle building workshop for kids

Stonemason workshop 

Rumba rythm

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

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?

Gabrovo Creative Tourissm: successful glass tangle festival

Les Îles de la Madeleine: un modèle de tourisme créatif

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

Gabrovo Carnival, an International Cultural Landmark

Creative Tourism, awarded in the Medellín Product Show Contest

Successful experiential press and fam trips!

Barcelos inaugurates its House of Creativity

Creative Tourism in the Llanquihue Lake (Chile)

The Îles de la Madeleine: a model of creative tourism

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

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

Djerba focuses on creative and sustainable tourism in Tunisia

New Horizons: Gabrovo, between magic and traditions

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

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

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