CREATIVE TOURISM NETWORK®

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

  • RESEARCH + DEVELOPMENT + INNOVATION (R+D+i)

    RESEARCH + DEVELOPMENT + INNOVATION (R+D+i)

NEWS

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 TOURISM: CANNES, NEW GLOBAL LEADER!

Salvador da Bahia fosters Creative Tourism

CREATIVE FRIENDLY Destinations

INTERVIEWS

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

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

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

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

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

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

INTERVIEW: Talks on Sapporo, UNESCO City of Media Arts

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

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

Dr Mervat Abdel-Nasser, New Hermopolis (Egypt)

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 Nicolas Monquaut (French Ministry of Culture)

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

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

Interview with Jingdezhen: Revitalizing a Ceramic Capital through Creative Tourism

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

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

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

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

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

Marina Simião, Patchwork Methodology (Brazil)

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

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

CREATIVE EXPERIENCES

Cocoa beans into chocolate workshop

National Museum Cebu

Cartoon drawing masterclass

Dive into a potter’s workshop

Shape your Catalan art ceramics

Photowalk: Loulé Street Photography

Travel sketchbook

A half-day in the world of weaving

Do It Your Frites

Routes through the Commune 13

Making a Taleigo bag

Barcelos chocolate experience

Mosaic workshop in Barcelona

Rumba rythm

Sculpture workshop

Traditional weaving workshop

“Azulejos” tiles painting

Grenada Cocoa & Spices Health and Wellness Tour

Djerba | Tunisia

Living in island of Gods

Bakery for ritual breads

Teimocidade 

Discover ceramic modeling

Survival day: return to -450,000 years

Nicosia | Cyprus

Painting, drawing, engraving workshop

Fooding experience

OpArt atelier

Iloilo | Philippines

Pottery workshops

Raku ceramics craftsmanship

Bear cave printing 

Wood crafting workshop

Stained glass workshop “I Did It Myself”

Creative walks

Around Louvre-Lens | France

Amulet Making in Thailand

Bamboo Weaving in Thailand

Arts & Crafts markets

Traditional Weaving in Thailand

Goat’s hair processing

Visit of a pottery workshop 

Baguio | Philippines

Introduction to pottery wheel

Watercolour workshop with Diane Boilard

Arts & Craft Tour in Nevis

Bakery workshop in Saint Jean Port Joli

Sketching workshop in Barcelona

Routes through the Moravian hill

Raku and pottery workshop at Show d’Boucane

SUCCESS STORIES

Barcelos inaugura la sua Casa della Creatività

Barcelos inaugura la seva Casa de la Creativitat

The Îles de la Madeleine: a model of creative tourism

Barcelos inaugura a Casa da Criatividade

Successful experiential press and fam trips!

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?

Djerba focuses on creative and sustainable tourism in Tunisia

Gabrovo Creative Tourissm: successful glass tangle festival

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

Les Îles de la Madeleine: un modèle de tourisme créatif

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

Creative Tourism in the Llanquihue Lake (Chile)

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:

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

Barcelos inaugurates its House of Creativity

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:

Creative Tourism, awarded in the Medellín Product Show Contest

New Horizons: Gabrovo, between magic and traditions

Barcelos inaugura su Casa de la Creatividad

THEY TRUST US