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 : 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Interview with Jingdezhen: Revitalizing a Ceramic Capital through Creative Tourism

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

INTERVIEW: Talks on Sapporo, UNESCO City of Media Arts

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 Daniela Nikolova, Head of Tourist Information Center Gabrovo Municipality

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

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

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

Dr Mervat Abdel-Nasser, New Hermopolis (Egypt)

Marina Simião, Patchwork Methodology (Brazil)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Interview with Nicolas Monquaut (French Ministry of Culture)

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

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

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

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.

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

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

CREATIVE EXPERIENCES

Basketry and wicker 

Perpignan-Méditerranée | France

Tour operator with Ecomapu 

Survival day: return to -450,000 years

Grapes of Roussillon in hand and mouth 

Wood crafting workshop

OpArt atelier

Forging a rough-forged knife

Sandcastle building workshop for kids

Traditional dances workshop

Graphic audiovisual art with Perro Sur 

Discover and taste Empordanet products 

Fig Trilogy

Arts & Craft Tour in Nevis

Working with palm leaves to make plaiters

Maracatu raízes de pai adão 

Crazy about the Caribbean Kids Workshop

Wool & felt workshop with Miel de Oveja

Coffee workshop with Taller Cafe

Gourmande de nature – Culinary workshop

Bumi & Ashe pottery

Culinary arts experiences 

Paint the galo de Barcelos

We’ve crochet café knitting workshop 

Christmas ornament blowing workshop

Ceramic workshop at the charming Emo Etar

From alpaca breeding to knitting

Baguio | Philippines

Make your own marbled papers

Bakery workshop in Saint Jean Port Joli

Soap making with la fille de la mer 

Regional Folk Dance Workshop 

Wood carving workshops

Brew your own beer!

Kaïros, the Gallery of Bowls (Charentes, France)

“Azulejos” tiles painting

Olive oil workshop

Scented candles workshops 

Customize your Anduze vase

Sining eskinita 

Grandma’s Cooking – Barcelona

Wild picking and organic market gardening

Nagô ancestrality popular culture 

Catalan crafts

Barcelos pottery

Rumba rythm

Photography workshop

Silk painting workshop

Glass workshop

From grain to bread 

SUCCESS STORIES

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:

Barcelos inaugura la sua Casa della Creatività

Successful experiential press and fam trips!

Gabrovo Creative Tourissm: successful glass tangle festival

Creative Tourism in the Llanquihue Lake (Chile)

Barcelos inaugura a Casa da Criatividade

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

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

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

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

Barcelos inaugura su Casa de la Creatividad

Barcelos inaugurates its House of Creativity

Les Îles de la Madeleine: un modèle de tourisme créatif

Barcelos inaugura la seva Casa de la Creativitat

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

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

Barcelos inaugure sa Maison de la Créativité

Djerba focuses on creative and sustainable tourism in Tunisia

Creative Tourism, awarded in the Medellín Product Show Contest

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

New Horizons: Gabrovo, between magic and traditions

THEY TRUST US