CREATIVE TOURISM NETWORK®

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

  • INTERNATIONAL EVENTS
    INTERNATIONAL EVENTS

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

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

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

Interview with Nicolas Monquaut (French Ministry of Culture)

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)

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

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

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

Marina Simião, Patchwork Methodology (Brazil)

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

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

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

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

Interview with Jingdezhen: Revitalizing a Ceramic Capital through Creative Tourism

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

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

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

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

INTERVIEW: Talks on Sapporo, UNESCO City of Media Arts

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

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

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

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

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

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

Dr Mervat Abdel-Nasser, New Hermopolis (Egypt)

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

CREATIVE EXPERIENCES

Goat’s hair processing

From Market to Table

Ceramic, drawing & jewelry workshop with Sanaa Studio 

Hand spinning workshop

A countryside experience

“Azulejos” tiles painting

Cyanotype with Algarve Flora Elements

Writing with a goose feather

Forging a rough-forged knife

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

Theater museum of puppetry and clown

Do It Your Frites

Visit Timis | Romania

Tam-Awan village art workshops 

Grape harvesting at Quinta da Tôr

Silk painting workshop

Sining eskinita 

Wild picking and organic market gardening

Cooking workshops

Online dance with Latoya

Catalan crafts

Catalan cooking class

Up Fab Lab 3D printing 

Painting and wine workshops

Carnival Experience in Trinidad & Tobago

Coffee farms

Paint Barcelos’ iconic rooster!

Candle making workshops

Embroidery and weaving 

Creative workshops at the Bambouseraie

Regional Folk Dance Workshop 

Algarve Cataplana

Guided tour to a curds workshop 

Barcelona | Spain

Traditional catalan desserts

Fooding experience

Arts & Crafts markets

Design your own perfumes

Creation of leather goods

Cosmetic workshop

Traditional dances workshop

Ceramics & other tailor-made crafts

Cebu making space creative workshops

Merit Creation in Thailand

Raku and pottery workshop at Show d’Boucane

Barcelos creative tourism for seniors

Ceramic with la Maison du Potier 

Come to Brasilia Teimosa 

Routes through the Moravian hill

Creative Arts Workshops

SUCCESS STORIES

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

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

Les Îles de la Madeleine: un modèle de tourisme créatif

New Horizons: Gabrovo, between magic and traditions

The Îles de la Madeleine: a model of creative tourism

Gabrovo Carnival, an International Cultural Landmark

Creative Tourism, awarded in the Medellín Product Show Contest

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 Creative Tourissm: successful glass tangle festival

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”!

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

Barcelos inaugurates its House of Creativity

Successful experiential press and fam trips!

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

Creative Tourism in the Llanquihue Lake (Chile)

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

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