CREATIVE TOURISM NETWORK®

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

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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

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

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 / Angeliki Vasileiadou, Digital Marketing Manager, Nicosia Tourism Board

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

Dr Mervat Abdel-Nasser, New Hermopolis (Egypt)

Marina Simião, Patchwork Methodology (Brazil)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Interview with Nicolas Monquaut (French Ministry of Culture)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Interview with Jingdezhen: Revitalizing a Ceramic Capital through Creative Tourism

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

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

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

CREATIVE EXPERIENCES

Create your own Sukhothai pattern in Thaïland

Cebu | Philippines

Barcelos pottery

Barcelona | Spain

Cardboard workshop in Loulé

Cévennes cooking workshop

Creative writing workshop with Prips

Tour operator with Ecomapu 

Herbalism and summer care

Visit a farmhouse around sheeps

Shape your Catalan art ceramics

Introduction to pottery wheel

Breads of Barcelos creative city

Live the authentic Saint Vincent lifestyle with NatureFresh Adventures 

National Museum Cebu

Living in island of Gods

Cebu making space creative workshops

Pottery with Quincha Quintil

Cartoon drawing masterclass

Visit of a pottery workshop 

Baguio | Philippines

Aromalight workshops

Nicosia | Cyprus

We’ve crochet café knitting workshop 

Olha! Recife

Photographic rally in Barcelona

Lantern Making in Thailand

Recife | Brazil

Painting, drawing, engraving workshop

Theater museum of puppetry and clown

Catalan castellers

Recife tour & manguebeat story 

Bakespace cooking workshop 

Stained glass workshop “I Did It Myself”

Catalan wine tasting

Glass workshop in Gabrovo (Bulgaria)

Interactive DIY & upcylcing workshops

Guided tour to a curds workshop 

Dive into a potter’s workshop

Raku ceramics craftsmanship

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

Routes to hydrangea and orchid crops

Bakery for ritual breads

From grain to bread 

Baguio city creative forum 

Wood Carving Workshop

Scented candles workshops 

Grandma’s Cooking – Barcelona

My first pottery piece 

Bear cave printing 

SUCCESS STORIES

New Horizons: Gabrovo, between magic and traditions

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.

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

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

Successful experiential press and fam trips!

Barcelos inaugura la seva Casa de la Creativitat

Creative Tourism, awarded in the Medellín Product Show Contest

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

Gabrovo Creative Tourissm: successful glass tangle festival

The Îles de la Madeleine: a model of creative tourism

Creative Tourism in the Llanquihue Lake (Chile)

Djerba focuses on creative and sustainable tourism in Tunisia

Barcelos inaugura a Casa da Criatividade

Barcelos inaugura la sua Casa della Creatività

Barcelos inaugura su Casa de la Creatividad

Barcelos inaugurates its House of Creativity

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

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:

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

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