CREATIVE TOURISM NETWORK®

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

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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 Tourism, a sustainable driver for UNESCO and European Union.

CREATIVE TOURISM AWARDS 2025: A luxury panel of winners!

CREATIVE FRIENDLY Destinations

INTERVIEWS

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

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

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

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

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

Interview with Jingdezhen: Revitalizing a Ceramic Capital through Creative Tourism

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

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

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

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

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

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

Interview with Nicolas Monquaut (French Ministry of Culture)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Marina Simião, Patchwork Methodology (Brazil)

Intervista / Alyssa Phares, Direttrice Esecutiva di Paducah (USA): da Città Creativa dell’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: Talks on Sapporo, UNESCO City of Media Arts

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

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

Dr Mervat Abdel-Nasser, New Hermopolis (Egypt)

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

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

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

CREATIVE EXPERIENCES

Aromalight workshops

Basketry and wicker 

Coffee farms

Photographic rally in Barcelona

Design your own perfumes

Barcelos imagery

Cartoon drawing masterclass

Wood Carving Workshop

Molding the clay on the Potter’s Wheel

Lantern Making in Thailand

Traditional dances workshop

Fooding experience

A half-day in the world of weaving

Tasting and creation of crazy salts 

Traditional catalan desserts

Bamboo Weaving in Thailand

Making a Taleigo bag

Saint-Jean-Port-Joli | Quebec

We’ve crochet café knitting workshop 

Baguio city creative forum 

Create your own Sukhothai pattern in Thaïland

Kingston | Jamaica

Routes to hydrangea and orchid crops

Visit of wine estate Domaine Pautier

Guided tour to a curds workshop 

Ceramic workshop at the charming Emo Etar

Straw marquetry

From Market to Table

Regional Folk Dance Workshop 

Goat’s hair processing

Experiencing authentic culture in Trinidad & Tobago with Pure Lopino Tours

Recife is always carnival 

Creative workshops at the Bambouseraie

Photography workshop

Catalan wine tasting

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

Photography workshops

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

Grapes of Roussillon in hand and mouth 

La Fille de la Mer – body cosmetics workshop

Paint the galo de Barcelos

Wood carving workshops

Arts & Craft Tour in Nevis

Cocoa beans into chocolate workshop

Eco-Art atelier

Introduction to pottery wheel

From grain to bread 

Christmas ornament blowing workshop

Glass workshop

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

SUCCESS STORIES

The Îles de la Madeleine: a model of creative tourism

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

New Horizons: Gabrovo, between magic and traditions

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

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

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?

Successful experiential press and fam trips!

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

Les Îles de la Madeleine: un modèle de tourisme créatif

Barcelos inaugurates its House of Creativity

Gabrovo Creative Tourissm: successful glass tangle festival

Creative Tourism in the Llanquihue Lake (Chile)

Gabrovo Carnival, an International Cultural Landmark

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

Djerba focuses on creative and sustainable tourism in Tunisia

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