CREATIVE TOURISM NETWORK®

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

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NEWS

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Interview with Nicolas Monquaut (French Ministry of Culture)

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

INTERVIEW: Talks on Sapporo, UNESCO City of Media Arts

Dr Mervat Abdel-Nasser, New Hermopolis (Egypt)

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

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

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

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

Interview with Jingdezhen: Revitalizing a Ceramic Capital through Creative Tourism

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

Marina Simião, Patchwork Methodology (Brazil)

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

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

CREATIVE EXPERIENCES

Fooding experience

Crazy about the Caribbean Kids Workshop

Spinning and weaving of linen

Traditional bulgarian dances and musics workshop in Gabrovo

National Museum Cebu

Draw what you drink

Grandma’s Cooking – Barcelona

OpArt atelier

Street art with VSA tour 

Sining eskinita 

Perpignan-Méditerranée | France

Living in island of Gods

Nicosia | Cyprus

Rumba rythm

Cultural struggles 

Teimocidade 

Lantern Making in Thailand

Illustration workshop with Calamina

Arts & Craft Tour in Nevis

Raku ceramics craftsmanship

Herbalism and summer care

Routes through the Commune 13

Painting, drawing, engraving workshop

Carnival Experience in Trinidad & Tobago

Nagô ancestrality popular culture 

Hand spinning workshop

Kite making workshops for kids 

Tam-Awan village art workshops 

Watercolour workshop with Diane Boilard

Interactive DIY & upcylcing workshops

Making adornments from wool

From alpaca breeding to knitting

Bamboo Weaving in Thailand

Introduction to pottery wheel

Introduction to creative techniques at the museum

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

Step into the soul of Belize through hands-on cultural immersion

Routes to hydrangea and orchid crops

Cebu | Philippines

Barcelona | Spain

Recife | Brazil

Sculpture workshop

Cardboard workshop in Loulé

Thai Creative Art in Thailand

Visit a farmhouse around sheeps

Cocoa beans into chocolate workshop

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

Photography workshop

Visit of a pottery workshop 

Visit our artist studios

SUCCESS STORIES

The Îles de la Madeleine: a model of creative tourism

Barcelos inaugura a Casa da Criatividade

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

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

Barcelos inaugure sa Maison de la Créativité

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.

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

Creative Tourism in the Llanquihue Lake (Chile)

Creative Tourism, awarded in the Medellín Product Show Contest

Barcelos inaugura la sua Casa della Creatività

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

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

Barcelos inaugura la seva Casa de la Creativitat

Djerba focuses on creative and sustainable tourism in Tunisia

New Horizons: Gabrovo, between magic and traditions

Barcelos inaugura su Casa de la Creatividad

Successful experiential press and fam trips!

Les Îles de la Madeleine: un modèle de tourisme créatif

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

Barcelos inaugurates its House of Creativity

Gabrovo Creative Tourissm: successful glass tangle festival

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