CREATIVE TOURISM NETWORK®

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

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

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

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

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

Marina Simião, Patchwork Methodology (Brazil)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Creative Tourism in Charentes region (France): Interview with Sandra Coud, Textile Artisan; “Stitching the Creative Spirit of the Charentes”

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

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

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

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

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

Interview with Jingdezhen: Revitalizing a Ceramic Capital through Creative Tourism

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

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

Interview with Nicolas Monquaut (French Ministry of Culture)

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

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

INTERVIEW: Talks on Sapporo, UNESCO City of Media Arts

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

Dr Mervat Abdel-Nasser, New Hermopolis (Egypt)

CREATIVE EXPERIENCES

Traditional dances workshop

Visit of a pottery workshop 

Traditional music & dances experiences 

Olive oil workshop

«The mark of fire» pyrography on wood

Carnival Experience in Trinidad & Tobago

Cooking Workshop & Spirulina 

Oyster Knife Making

Iloilo | Philippines

Cultural struggles 

Paint Barcelos’ iconic rooster!

Wool & felt workshop with Miel de Oveja

Loulé | Portugal

We’ve crochet café knitting workshop 

Gabrovo | Bulgaria

Haskap and permaculture

Experiencing authentic culture in Trinidad & Tobago with Pure Lopino Tours

Traditional bulgarian dances and musics workshop in Gabrovo

Forging a rough-forged knife

Arts & Crafts markets

Sculpture workshop

Ceramic with la Maison du Potier 

Writing with a goose feather

Performing tour 

Hubs of creative makers

Charentes | France

La Fille de la Mer – body cosmetics workshop

Gourmande de nature – Culinary workshop

Maracatu raízes de pai adão 

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

From alpaca breeding to knitting

Photowalk: Loulé Street Photography

Traditional Weaving in Thailand

Photography workshop

Grape harvesting at Quinta da Tôr

Wood crafting workshop

Sew a Taleigo bag in Loulé

Beeswax candles

Visit a farmhouse around sheeps

Sining eskinita 

Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine (Magdalen Islands) | Quebec

Mosaic workshop in Barcelona

Soap making with la fille de la mer 

Visit Timis | Romania

Art-deco paper jewellery

Cardboard workshop in Loulé

Wines and vines experiences 

Tour operator with Ecomapu 

Marie Line’s Creative Workshop in Brouage

Tour of Port of Spain infused with a taste of Trini

SUCCESS STORIES

Creative Tourism in the Llanquihue Lake (Chile)

Barcelos inaugurates its House of Creativity

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:

Djerba focuses on creative and sustainable tourism in Tunisia

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

Gabrovo Carnival, an International Cultural Landmark

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

Les Îles de la Madeleine: un modèle de tourisme créatif

Gabrovo Creative Tourissm: successful glass tangle festival

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:

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

New Horizons: Gabrovo, between magic and traditions

The Îles de la Madeleine: a model of creative tourism

Successful experiential press and fam trips!

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

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

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

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