CREATIVE TOURISM NETWORK®

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

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NEWS

Open Call for 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 Tourism, a sustainable driver for UNESCO and European Union.

CREATIVE TOURISM AWARDS 2025: A luxury panel of winners!

CREATIVE FRIENDLY Destinations

INTERVIEWS

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

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

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

Marina Simião, Patchwork Methodology (Brazil)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Dr Mervat Abdel-Nasser, New Hermopolis (Egypt)

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

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

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

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

INTERVIEW: Talks on Sapporo, UNESCO City of Media Arts

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

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

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

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

Interview with Nicolas Monquaut (French Ministry of Culture)

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

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

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 Yonka Bakardzhieva-Agalova – My Story Travel (Bulgaria)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

CREATIVE EXPERIENCES

Traditional catalan desserts

From alpaca breeding to knitting

Merit Creation in Thailand

Glass workshop in Gabrovo (Bulgaria)

Arts & Crafts markets

Workshop Art and Creativity / Writing Art-Nature at Nicole Gravel Workshop & Gallery

Creative writing workshop with Prips

Photography workshops

Do It Your Frites

Braid making

Cyanotype with Algarve Flora Elements

Coffee farms

Cooking workshops

Hubs of creative makers

Djerba | Tunisia

Cooking class: your own bulgarian specialities

Discover Cannes Honey

Grape harvesting at Quinta da Tôr

Gabrovo | Bulgaria

Candle making workshops

Oyster Knife Making

Recife is always carnival 

Aromalight workshops

Fig Trilogy

Aromalight workshops

Visit our artist studios

Workshop for carnival masks

Ceramics & other tailor-made crafts

Cartoon drawing masterclass

Medellín | Colombia

San Antonio | Texas – U.S.A

Barcelos imagery

Miel en mer – beeswax candle making workshop

From Market to Table

Ceramic workshop in Thailand

Maracatu raízes de pai adão 

Watercolour workshop with Diane Boilard

Discover ceramic modeling

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

Photography school

Marie Line’s Creative Workshop in Brouage

We’ve crochet café knitting workshop 

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

Bakespace cooking workshop 

Scented and Floral Vegetable Candle Making Workshop with Ombellessence

Lobster trap fabrication at Musée de l’Île d’Entrée

Iloilo | Philippines

Make your own marbled papers

Gîte agrotouristique la Marie-Simonne

Design your own perfumes

SUCCESS STORIES

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

Barcelos inaugura la sua Casa della Creatività

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

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

Successful experiential press and fam trips!

Djerba focuses on creative and sustainable tourism in Tunisia

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

Barcelos inaugura a Casa da Criatividade

The Îles de la Madeleine: a model of creative tourism

Barcelos inaugura su Casa de la Creatividad

Barcelos inaugurates its House of Creativity

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

New Horizons: Gabrovo, between magic and traditions

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

Creative Tourism, awarded in the Medellín Product Show Contest

Barcelos inaugure sa Maison de la Créativité

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

Gabrovo Creative Tourissm: successful glass tangle festival

Creative Tourism in the Llanquihue Lake (Chile)

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

Barcelos inaugura la seva Casa de la Creativitat

THEY TRUST US