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

Dr Mervat Abdel-Nasser, New Hermopolis (Egypt)

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

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

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

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

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

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

Interview with Nicolas Monquaut (French Ministry of Culture)

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

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

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 // LouléCriativo (Portugal) um modelo de desenvolvimento sustentável

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Marina Simião, Patchwork Methodology (Brazil)

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

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

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

INTERVIEW: Talks on Sapporo, UNESCO City of Media Arts

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

CREATIVE EXPERIENCES

Experiencing authentic culture in Trinidad & Tobago with Pure Lopino Tours

Visit Timis | Romania

Pottery workshops

Bamboo Weaving in Thailand

Cultural struggles 

«The mark of fire» pyrography on wood

Tam-Awan village art workshops 

Marie Line’s Creative Workshop in Brouage

Around Louvre-Lens | France

Culinary arts experiences 

Make your own marbled papers

Bakery workshop in Saint Jean Port Joli

Brew your own beer!

Baguio city creative forum 

Recife is always carnival 

Cocoa beans into chocolate workshop

Silk painting workshop

Discover and taste Empordanet products 

Draw what you drink

Baguio | Philippines

Wood Carving Workshop

Sculpture workshop

Discover Cannes Honey

Catalan wine tasting

Come to Brasilia Teimosa 

Coffee farms

Oenological games

Live the authentic Saint Vincent lifestyle with NatureFresh Adventures 

Create your own soap

Creative programming of our festivals & museum

Forging a rough-forged knife

Barcelona | Spain

From grain to bread 

Visit a farmhouse around sheeps

Mind Lab crafts

Lantern Making in Thailand

Photography workshop

“Azulejos” tiles painting

Raku and pottery workshop at Show d’Boucane

Introduction to pottery wheel

Cooking workshops Colombian food

Gourmande de nature – Culinary workshop

Barcelos creative tourism for seniors

Eco-Art atelier

“Pélardon” cheese workshop

Dive into a potter’s workshop

Catalan castellers

Kingston | Jamaica

Herbalism and summer care

Charentes | France

SUCCESS STORIES

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

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

Barcelos inaugura a Casa da Criatividade

Djerba focuses on creative and sustainable tourism in Tunisia

New Horizons: Gabrovo, between magic and traditions

Gabrovo Creative Tourissm: successful glass tangle festival

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

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

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

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

The Îles de la Madeleine: a model of creative tourism

Barcelos inaugurates its House of Creativity

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

Barcelos inaugure sa Maison de la Créativité

Creative Tourism in the Llanquihue Lake (Chile)

Barcelos inaugura la sua Casa della Creatività

Creative Tourism, awarded in the Medellín Product Show Contest

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

Barcelos inaugura la seva Casa de la Creativitat

Les Îles de la Madeleine: un modèle de tourisme créatif

Barcelos inaugura su Casa de la Creatividad

Successful experiential press and fam trips!

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