CREATIVE TOURISM NETWORK®

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

  • RESEARCH + DEVELOPMENT + INNOVATION (R+D+i)
    RESEARCH + DEVELOPMENT + INNOVATION (R+D+i)

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

Dr Mervat Abdel-Nasser, New Hermopolis (Egypt)

Interview with Jingdezhen: Revitalizing a Ceramic Capital through Creative Tourism

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Marina Simião, Patchwork Methodology (Brazil)

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

Interview with Nicolas Monquaut (French Ministry of Culture)

INTERVIEW: Talks on Sapporo, UNESCO City of Media Arts

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 // LouléCriativo (Portugal) a model of sustainable development

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

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

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

CREATIVE EXPERIENCES

Traditional dances workshop

Traditional Weaving in Thailand

Perpignan-Méditerranée | France

Nagô ancestrality popular culture 

Merit Creation in Thailand

Create your own soap

Tour operator with Ecomapu 

Bakery workshop in Saint Jean Port Joli

Catalan crafts

Catalan wine tasting

Barcelos creative tourism for seniors

Art-deco paper jewellery

My first pottery piece 

“Come Leh We Go to Tobago” – Patriotic T&T

Ceramic workshop in Thailand

Arts & Craft Tour in Nevis

Oyster Knife Making

Mosaic workshop in Barcelona

Silleteras farms

Wood carving workshops

Making adornments from wool

Recife is always carnival 

Barcelos pottery

Kingston | Jamaica

Visit of a pottery workshop 

Visit Timis | Romania

Haskap and permaculture

Limaçon – Stone-cutting workshop

Teimocidade 

Hand spinning workshop

Up Fab Lab 3D printing 

Raku and pottery workshop at Show d’Boucane

Miel en mer – beeswax candle making workshop

Eco-Art atelier

Traditional music & dances experiences 

Photowalk: Loulé Street Photography

Spinning and weaving of linen

Breads of Barcelos creative city

Barcelos | Portugal

Pottery workshops

Forging a rough-forged knife

Photographic Route in Loulé (Portugal)

Sew a Taleigo bag in Loulé

Illustration workshop with Calamina

Bear cave printing 

Dry and fresh flower basket and wreath workshop 

Guided tour to a curds workshop 

Creative writing workshop with Prips

Wood Carving Workshop

Barcelos imagery

SUCCESS STORIES

Les Îles de la Madeleine: un modèle de tourisme créatif

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

Djerba focuses on creative and sustainable tourism in Tunisia

Barcelos inaugurates its House of Creativity

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

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

Creative Tourism, awarded in the Medellín Product Show Contest

The Îles de la Madeleine: a model of creative tourism

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

New Horizons: Gabrovo, between magic and traditions

Creative Tourism in the Llanquihue Lake (Chile)

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

Successful experiential press and fam trips!

Gabrovo Carnival, an International Cultural Landmark

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

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

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

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

THEY TRUST US