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Take advantage of your presence at the UNESCO MONDIACULT Congress in Barcelona to fully immerse yourself in the creative tourism sector and the orange economy, generate strategic synergies, and position your destination on the international scene. At this key moment for responding creatively and collaboratively to new paradigms, this event provides the ideal setting to… Read more: International Meeting on Creative Tourism – Barcelona, Sept.-Oct. 2025

The Creative Tourism Network® (CTN)—recognized by UNESCO, UN Tourism, UNOSSC, and Ministries of Tourism and Culture worldwide—announces its call for entries for destinations to earn the coveted CreativeFriendlyDestination® Label. As the world’s leading authority in creative tourism, CTN invites destinations of all kinds— from picturesque villages to vibrant metropolises, including Creative Cities, SIDS and mountain… Read more: Creative Tourism Network® opens Global Call for CreativeFriendlyDestination® Label, fostering the way for a new era of sustainable tourism

On July 2–3, 2025, the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), in close partnership with the German Development Cooperation and with support from the European Commission, convened a pivotal conference in Athens, Greece, dedicated to Employment-Related Opportunities and Challenges in the Tourism Sector. This high-level event is part of a broader UfM strategy to catalyze inclusive… Read more: Creative Tourism as an All-Inclusive Solution: Spotlight on the UfM’s Conference in Athens

To commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the 2005 Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions, UNESCO Headquarters hosted the exhibition “Celebrating Caribbean Diversity: the Journey of the UNESCO–European Union Transcultura Programme”. Inaugurated on 17 June by Anne Lemaistre, Director of UNESCO’s Regional Office in Havana, Christina Kokkinakis, EU Ambassador to… Read more: Creative Tourism Featured at UNESCO House Exhibition

International recognition aimed at highlighting creativity, cultural diversity and sustainable tourism in the Caribbean The Creative Tourism Network® and the UNESCO Regional Office in Havana are proud to announce the creation and launch of the Caribbean Creative Tourism Awards, an initiative designed to celebrate and promote the richness of the Caribbean’s creative and sustainable ecosystems.… Read more: Creative Tourism Network® and UNESCO Transcultura launch the Caribbean Creative Tourism Awards

New Orleans has once again cemented its status as a global hub of culture and creativity, earning the prestigious title of World’s Leading Creative Destination, awarded by the Creative Tourism Network®. This distinction celebrates the city’s dynamic fusion of heritage, innovation, and artistic expression, offering travelers the opportunity to immerse themselves in this rich cultural… Read more: New Orleans Named World’s Best Creative Destination by the Creative Tourism Network®

The Creative Tourism Network® had the honor to drive Creative Tourism Capacity-building and Training Workshops in the Caribbean destination of Granada (February 25th to 28th), within the framework of the five-year Transcultura program’: Integrating Cuba, the Caribbean, and the European Union through Culture and Creativity’, implemented by the UNESCO Regional Office in Havana with the… Read more: Creative Tourism, a sustainable driver for UNESCO and European Union.

The winners of the 12th edition of the Creative Tourism Awards have just been revealed and the red carpet is spectacular! From New Orleans to Japan, passing through Easter Island, Salvador da Bahia or Cannes, French Riviera, … creativity is everywhere! These prestigious awards, created by the Creative Tourism Network® in 2014, honor companies, projects,… Read more: CREATIVE TOURISM AWARDS 2025: A luxury panel of winners!

This Friday, January 17, Cannes was recognized worldwide for its creativity and sustainable development strategies, as part of a Conference on Creative Tourism, organized by the Cannes Convention & Visitors Bureau, which brought together nearly a hundred professionals and representatives of Cannes culture and tourism, at the Canopy by Hilton Hotel (see program below). In… Read more: CREATIVE TOURISM: CANNES, NEW GLOBAL LEADER!

The first creative tourism experience design workshop was held in Salvador da Bahia on Monday, December 16. More than twenty cultural and tourist entrepreneurs actively participated in this first session, which was led by Caroline Couret, the director of the Creative Tourism Network®. This workshop is part of an extensive collaboration program between the Department… Read more: Salvador da Bahia fosters Creative Tourism

Bahia’s capital—which less than a year ago was crowned “World Best Creative Destination” by the Creative Tourism Network®—has just consolidated its leadership in the creative tourism sector with the spectacular organization of the International Conference on Creative Tourism. The event, which counted on the collaboration of the Creative Tourism Network, found Salvador the ideal place… Read more: Salvador da Bahia, successful World Conference of Creative Tourism

Discover some of the creative tourism experiences designed by destinations worldwide, that received the #CreativeFriendlyDestination label from the Creative Tourism Network!More destinations are coming! Discover, experience, and enjoy … HERE!

The Creative Tourism Network had the honor to intervene in the event ‘Connecting Cultures and Nature: Sustainable Tourism Initiatives from Brazil and the European Union’, organized on September 18 in Belém, by the Delegation of the European Union to Brazil, as part of the G20 program. Brazilian and European experts highlighted how innovative forms of… Read more: G20 : The Creative Tourism Network invited to share good practices!

The Creative Tourism Network® is honored to collaborate in the organization of this unique event, in the significant city of Salvador da Bahia. From December 2 to 5, Salvador da Bahia will be the stage for a transformative event that will bring together leaders, experts, and enthusiasts of tourism and heritage preservation from different parts… Read more: Brazil: International Conference on Creative Tourism

The Creative Tourism Network is very honored to intervene in the 9th UN Tourism World Forum on Gastronomy Tourism, organized in Manama – Bahrain next November 18-19 – by the World Tourism Organization (UN Tourism) and its Affiliate Member, the Basque Culinary Center (BCC), jointly with the Government of Bahrain, Under the theme “Gastronomy Tourism:… Read more: Bahrain: Creative Tourism at the UN Tourism World Forum on Gastronomy Tourism