CREATIVE TOURISM NETWORK®

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

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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

Marina Simião, Patchwork Methodology (Brazil)

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)

Dr Mervat Abdel-Nasser, New Hermopolis (Egypt)

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

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

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

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

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

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

INTERVIEW: Talks on Sapporo, UNESCO City of Media Arts

Interview with Nicolas Monquaut (French Ministry of Culture)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

CREATIVE EXPERIENCES

Cebu | Philippines

Dry and fresh flower basket and wreath workshop 

Wines and vines experiences 

Bear cave printing 

Visit of a pottery workshop 

Barcelos pottery

Bakery workshop in Saint Jean Port Joli

Spinning and weaving of linen

Cannes | France

Traditional weaving workshop

Cévennes cooking workshop

Writing with a goose feather

Thai Creative Art in Thailand

Guerreiros do passo

Visit our artist studios

Saint-Jean-Port-Joli | Quebec

Working with palm leaves to make plaiters

Kingston | Jamaica

Aromalight workshops

Create your own soap

Grandma’s Cooking – Barcelona

Limaçon – Stone-cutting workshop

Creation of leather goods

Catalan wine tasting

Fooding experience

Travel sketchbook

Live the authentic Saint Vincent lifestyle with NatureFresh Adventures 

OpArt atelier

Photographic rally in Barcelona

Cooking class: your own bulgarian specialities

Embroidery and weaving 

Silleteras farms

From grain to bread 

Crazy about the Caribbean Kids Workshop

Maracatu raízes de pai adão 

Stonemason workshop 

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

Cosmetic workshop

Mosaic workshop in Barcelona

Herbalism and summer care

Barcelos chocolate experience

Loulé | Portugal

Glass blowing workshop at La Méduse

Baguio city creative forum 

Creative Arts Workshops

Eco-Art atelier

Teimocidade 

Recife is always carnival 

Photography school

Cocoa beans into chocolate workshop

SUCCESS STORIES

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

Gabrovo Carnival, an International Cultural Landmark

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

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.

Barcelos inaugurates its House of Creativity

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

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

Gabrovo Creative Tourissm: successful glass tangle festival

New Horizons: Gabrovo, between magic and traditions

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

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

Creative Tourism in the Llanquihue Lake (Chile)

Successful experiential press and fam trips!

Djerba focuses on creative and sustainable tourism in Tunisia

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!

The Îles de la Madeleine: a model of creative tourism

THEY TRUST US