CREATIVE TOURISM NETWORK®

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

  • SDG-creativetourism

    SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

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NEWS

CREATIVE TOURISM: CANNES, NEW GLOBAL LEADER!

Salvador da Bahia fosters Creative Tourism

Salvador da Bahia, successful World Conference of Creative Tourism

NEW CreativeFriendlyDestinations Catalogue!

G20 : The Creative Tourism Network invited to share good practices!

Brazil: International Conference on Creative Tourism

Bahrain: Creative Tourism at the UN Tourism World Forum on Gastronomy Tourism

Salvador da Bahia leads the World Creative Tourism Awards!

Creative tourism: Charentes Region – France – receives the CreativeFriendlyDestination label

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

Salvador da Bahia, successful World Conference of Creative Tourism

NEW CreativeFriendlyDestinations Catalogue!

G20 : The Creative Tourism Network invited to share good practices!

Brazil: International Conference on Creative Tourism

Bahrain: Creative Tourism at the UN Tourism World Forum on Gastronomy Tourism

Salvador da Bahia leads the World Creative Tourism Awards!

Creative tourism: Charentes Region – France – receives the CreativeFriendlyDestination label

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!

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CREATIVE FRIENDLY Destinations

INTERVIEWS

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

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

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

La Tavola Marche (Italy)

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

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

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

Dr Mervat Abdel-Nasser, New Hermopolis (Egypt)

Interview with Maeva Riroroco, President of the Rapa Nui, Chamber of Tourism (Easter Island, Isla de Pascua, Chile)

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

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

Creative Tourism: Interview with Artur Bastos, Head of Division on a substitution basis – Division of Tourism and Cultural Management – of Amarante, Creative City UNESCO

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

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

Marijana Biondic, Crikvenica (Croatia)

Marina Simião, Patchwork Methodology (Brazil)

Rupanjana De, Touriosity Travelmag

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

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

INTERVIEW with Jiao Hui / Inside Chengdu: Creative Tourism in a UNESCO City of Gastronomy

Interview with Jingdezhen: Revitalizing a Ceramic Capital through Creative Tourism

Interview with Nicolas Monquaut (French Ministry of Culture)

INTERVIEW: Talks on Sapporo, UNESCO City of Media Arts

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

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)

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

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

La Tavola Marche (Italy)

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

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

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

Dr Mervat Abdel-Nasser, New Hermopolis (Egypt)

Interview with Maeva Riroroco, President of the Rapa Nui, Chamber of Tourism (Easter Island, Isla de Pascua, Chile)

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

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

Creative Tourism: Interview with Artur Bastos, Head of Division on a substitution basis – Division of Tourism and Cultural Management – of Amarante, Creative City UNESCO

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

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

Marijana Biondic, Crikvenica (Croatia)

Marina Simião, Patchwork Methodology (Brazil)

Rupanjana De, Touriosity Travelmag

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

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

INTERVIEW with Jiao Hui / Inside Chengdu: Creative Tourism in a UNESCO City of Gastronomy

Interview with Jingdezhen: Revitalizing a Ceramic Capital through Creative Tourism

Interview with Nicolas Monquaut (French Ministry of Culture)

INTERVIEW: Talks on Sapporo, UNESCO City of Media Arts

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

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

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CREATIVE EXPERIENCES

Sew a Taleigo bag in Loulé

Visit a farmhouse around sheeps

Experiencing authentic culture in Trinidad & Tobago with Pure Lopino Tours

National Museum Cebu

Nabeul | Tunisia

Routes through the Commune 13

Caboclinho 7 flexas 

Introduction to pottery wheel

Glass workshop

Limaçon – Stone-cutting workshop

Aromalight workshops

Hubs of creative makers

Wild picking and organic market gardening

A countryside experience

Saint-Jean-Port-Joli | Quebec

Cooking Workshop & Spirulina 

Soap making with la fille de la mer 

Kingston | Jamaica

Body expression

Routes to hydrangea and orchid crops

“Azulejos” tiles painting

Bakery workshop in Saint Jean Port Joli

Empordanet | Catalonia

Online dance with Latoya

Design your own perfumes

Scented and Floral Vegetable Candle Making Workshop with Ombellessence

Experiencing authentic Bajan life in Nzuri Eco Retreat (Barbados)

My first pottery piece 

Barcelos | Portugal

Barcelos imagery

Stained glass workshop “I Did It Myself”

Photography workshop

Ceramics & other tailor-made crafts

Embroidery and weaving 

Wood crafting workshop

Anduze | France

“Pélardon” cheese workshop

Wood carving workshops

Lantern Making in Thailand

La Fille de la Mer – body cosmetics workshop

Cooking workshops

Carnival Experience in Trinidad & Tobago

Traditional bulgarian dances and musics workshop in Gabrovo

Silleteras farms

Casa Plan: The art of engraving

Aromalight workshops

Quincha Quintil ceramic workshop

Creative walks

Theater museum of puppetry and clown

Botanical printing

Sew a Taleigo bag in Loulé

Visit a farmhouse around sheeps

Experiencing authentic culture in Trinidad & Tobago with Pure Lopino Tours

National Museum Cebu

Nabeul | Tunisia

Routes through the Commune 13

Caboclinho 7 flexas 

Introduction to pottery wheel

Glass workshop

Limaçon – Stone-cutting workshop

Aromalight workshops

Hubs of creative makers

Wild picking and organic market gardening

A countryside experience

Saint-Jean-Port-Joli | Quebec

Cooking Workshop & Spirulina 

Soap making with la fille de la mer 

Kingston | Jamaica

Body expression

Routes to hydrangea and orchid crops

“Azulejos” tiles painting

Bakery workshop in Saint Jean Port Joli

Empordanet | Catalonia

Online dance with Latoya

Design your own perfumes

Scented and Floral Vegetable Candle Making Workshop with Ombellessence

Experiencing authentic Bajan life in Nzuri Eco Retreat (Barbados)

My first pottery piece 

Barcelos | Portugal

Barcelos imagery

Stained glass workshop “I Did It Myself”

Photography workshop

Ceramics & other tailor-made crafts

Embroidery and weaving 

Wood crafting workshop

Anduze | France

“Pélardon” cheese workshop

Wood carving workshops

Lantern Making in Thailand

La Fille de la Mer – body cosmetics workshop

Cooking workshops

Carnival Experience in Trinidad & Tobago

Traditional bulgarian dances and musics workshop in Gabrovo

Silleteras farms

Casa Plan: The art of engraving

Aromalight workshops

Quincha Quintil ceramic workshop

Creative walks

Theater museum of puppetry and clown

Botanical printing

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SUCCESS STORIES

Creative Tourism, awarded in the Medellín Product Show Contest

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

Gabrovo Creative Tourissm: successful glass tangle festival

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

A Oficina de Turismo de La Bisbal d’Empordà ganha o Prémio Catalunha 2023 para a Inovação

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

La Cité des Électriciens (France) voted “Best Creative Lodging” by the Creative Tourism Awards

The Îles de la Madeleine: a model of creative tourism

A Oficina de Turismo de La Bisbal d’Empordà ganha o Prémio Catalunha 2023 para a Inovação

Creative Tourism in the Llanquihue Lake (Chile)

Djerba focuses on creative and sustainable tourism in Tunisia

The Tourist Board of La Bisbal d’Empordà wins the Innovation Award 2023 of Catalonia

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

Quito expands its creative tourism offer through the experiential´Andes Road´

Gabrovo Humour Carnival

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

UPERNOIR: the festival that celebrates black on the plate!

Barcelos inaugurates its House of Creativity

New Horizons: Gabrovo, between magic and traditions

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

How to Spend 1 Day in the Empordanet: a Creative Itinerary

Creative Tourism, awarded in the Medellín Product Show Contest

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

Gabrovo Creative Tourissm: successful glass tangle festival

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

A Oficina de Turismo de La Bisbal d’Empordà ganha o Prémio Catalunha 2023 para a Inovação

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

La Cité des Électriciens (France) voted “Best Creative Lodging” by the Creative Tourism Awards

The Îles de la Madeleine: a model of creative tourism

A Oficina de Turismo de La Bisbal d’Empordà ganha o Prémio Catalunha 2023 para a Inovação

Creative Tourism in the Llanquihue Lake (Chile)

Djerba focuses on creative and sustainable tourism in Tunisia

The Tourist Board of La Bisbal d’Empordà wins the Innovation Award 2023 of Catalonia

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

Quito expands its creative tourism offer through the experiential´Andes Road´

Gabrovo Humour Carnival

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

UPERNOIR: the festival that celebrates black on the plate!

Barcelos inaugurates its House of Creativity

New Horizons: Gabrovo, between magic and traditions

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

How to Spend 1 Day in the Empordanet: a Creative Itinerary

Creative Tourism, awarded in the Medellín Product Show Contest

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