CREATIVE TOURISM NETWORK®

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

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    SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

NEWS

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

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

INTERVIEW: Talks on Sapporo, UNESCO City of Media Arts

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

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

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

Dr Mervat Abdel-Nasser, New Hermopolis (Egypt)

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

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

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

Interview with Jingdezhen: Revitalizing a Ceramic Capital through Creative Tourism

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

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

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

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

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

Marina Simião, Patchwork Methodology (Brazil)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Interview with Nicolas Monquaut (French Ministry of Culture)

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

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

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

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

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

CREATIVE EXPERIENCES

Cebu making space creative workshops

A half-day in the world of weaving

Cardboard workshop in Loulé

Perpignan-Méditerranée | France

Workshop for carnival masks

Herbalism and summer care

Photography workshop

Traditional dances workshop

Barcelos | Portugal

Discover and taste Empordanet products 

Tozeur | Tunisia

Iron and derivates 

Living in island of Gods

Molding the clay on the Potter’s Wheel

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

Creation of leather goods

Catalan crafts

Cooking Workshop & Spirulina 

Glass workshop in Gabrovo (Bulgaria)

Visit of a pottery workshop 

Arts & Crafts markets

Coffee workshop with Taller Cafe

Ceramic, drawing & jewelry workshop with Sanaa Studio 

Painting and wine workshops

Photography workshops

Working with palm leaves to make plaiters

Kaïros, the Gallery of Bowls (Charentes, France)

Crazy about the Caribbean Kids Workshop

Coffee farms

Dive into a potter’s workshop

Kite making workshops for kids 

Routes to hydrangea and orchid crops

Survival day: return to -450,000 years

National Museum Cebu

Mosaic workshop in Barcelona

A countryside experience

Mind Lab crafts

Street art with VSA tour 

Introduction to Western riding

Catalan cooking class

Glass workshop

Tasting and creation of crazy salts 

Haskap and permaculture

Saint Honorat island wine tastings

Wines and vines experiences 

Gîte agrotouristique la Marie-Simonne

Stonemason workshop 

Wood carving workshops

Caboclinho 7 flexas 

My first pottery piece 

SUCCESS STORIES

Successful experiential press and fam trips!

New Horizons: Gabrovo, between magic and traditions

Barcelos inaugurates its House of Creativity

Creative Tourism in the Llanquihue Lake (Chile)

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

Gabrovo Carnival, an International Cultural Landmark

Gabrovo Creative Tourissm: successful glass tangle festival

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?

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

Creative Tourism, awarded in the Medellín Product Show Contest

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

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

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

Djerba focuses on creative and sustainable tourism in Tunisia

The Îles de la Madeleine: a model of creative tourism

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