CREATIVE TOURISM NETWORK®

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

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NEWS

Creative Tourism among the Innovative Solutions Featured at TIS Seville 2026

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

CREATIVE FRIENDLY Destinations

INTERVIEWS

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

Creative Tourism in the Charentes Region (France): Interview with Elisa Valinejad, Founder of Moulin sous la Vergne :

Marina Simião, Patchwork Methodology (Brazil)

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

Interview with Jingdezhen: Revitalizing a Ceramic Capital through Creative Tourism

Dr Mervat Abdel-Nasser, New Hermopolis (Egypt)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

INTERVIEW: Talks on Sapporo, UNESCO City of Media Arts

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

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

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

Interview with Nicolas Monquaut (French Ministry of Culture)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

CREATIVE EXPERIENCES

Learn at the ceramic school in La Bisbal

Charentes | France

Performing tour 

Stained glass workshop “I Did It Myself”

Paint Barcelos’ iconic rooster!

Crazy about the Caribbean Kids Workshop

Merit Creation in Thailand

La Fille de la Mer – body cosmetics workshop

Traditional weaving workshop

Braid making

Bakespace cooking workshop 

Print making with Casa Plan  

Introduction to Western riding

Caboclinho 7 flexas 

Christmas ornament blowing workshop

Gourmande de nature – Culinary workshop

Barcelos pottery

A half-day in the world of weaving

Sfax-Kerkennah | Tunisia

Brew your own beer!

Creative writing workshop with Prips

Street art with VSA tour 

We’ve crochet café knitting workshop 

Sculpture workshop

Experiencing authentic Bajan life in Nzuri Eco Retreat (Barbados)

Cardboard workshop in Loulé

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

Discover Cannes Honey

Painting and wine workshops

Art-deco paper jewellery

Wines and vines experiences 

Wood carving workshops

Ceramic, drawing & jewelry workshop with Sanaa Studio 

Straw marquetry

Come to Brasilia Teimosa 

My first pottery piece 

Recife tour & manguebeat story 

Fooding experience

Nagô ancestrality popular culture 

Cyanotype with Algarve Flora Elements

Ceramic workshop at the charming Emo Etar

“Pélardon” cheese workshop

Miel en mer – beeswax candle making workshop

Scented and Floral Vegetable Candle Making Workshop with Ombellessence

Kingston | Jamaica

Create your own Sukhothai pattern in Thaïland

Bumi & Ashe pottery

Creative walks

Introduction to pottery wheel

Draw what you drink

SUCCESS STORIES

The Îles de la Madeleine: a model of creative tourism

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

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

Successful experiential press and fam trips!

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.

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

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?

New Horizons: Gabrovo, between magic and traditions

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

Creative Tourism in the Llanquihue Lake (Chile)

Les Îles de la Madeleine: un modèle de tourisme créatif

Djerba focuses on creative and sustainable tourism in Tunisia

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

Creative Tourism, awarded in the Medellín Product Show Contest

Gabrovo Carnival, an International Cultural Landmark

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

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