CREATIVE TOURISM NETWORK®

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

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NEWS

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

New Orleans Named World’s Best Creative Destination by the Creative Tourism Network®

CREATIVE FRIENDLY Destinations

INTERVIEWS

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

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

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

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

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

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

Marina Simião, Patchwork Methodology (Brazil)

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

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

Interview with Nicolas Monquaut (French Ministry of Culture)

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

Interview with Jingdezhen: Revitalizing a Ceramic Capital through Creative Tourism

Creative Tourism in Charentes region (France): Interview with Sandra Coud, Textile Artisan; “Stitching the Creative Spirit of the Charentes”

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

Dr Mervat Abdel-Nasser, New Hermopolis (Egypt)

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

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

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

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

INTERVIEW: Talks on Sapporo, UNESCO City of Media Arts

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

CREATIVE EXPERIENCES

Bakery for ritual breads

Silleteras farms

Shape your Catalan art ceramics

Charentes | France

Sining eskinita 

Kaïros, the Gallery of Bowls (Charentes, France)

Tozeur | Tunisia

Olha! Recife

Molding the clay on the Potter’s Wheel

Oenological games

Scented and Floral Vegetable Candle Making Workshop with Ombellessence

Pottery workshop

Saint Honorat island wine tastings

Bear cave printing 

Marie Line’s Creative Workshop in Brouage

Cocoa beans into chocolate workshop

Guerreiros do passo

Visit Timis | Romania

Interactive DIY & upcylcing workshops

Introduction to creative techniques at the museum

Cosmetic workshop

Come to Brasilia Teimosa 

Iron and derivates 

Creative Arts Workshops

Living in island of Gods

Olive oil workshop

Visit our artist studios

Grape harvesting at Quinta da Tôr

Tasting and creation of crazy salts 

Discover and taste Empordanet products 

Thai Creative Art in Thailand

Snow sculpture in Saint Jean Port Joli – Québec

Live the authentic Saint Vincent lifestyle with NatureFresh Adventures 

My first pottery piece 

Kingston | Jamaica

Wood crafting workshop

Traditional Weaving in Thailand

Photographic Route in Loulé (Portugal)

Tour of Port of Spain infused with a taste of Trini

Cooking Workshop & Spirulina 

Stonemason workshop 

Raku and pottery workshop at Show d’Boucane

Maracatu raízes de pai adão 

Nabeul | Tunisia

Ceramic, drawing & jewelry workshop with Sanaa Studio 

Learn at the ceramic school in La Bisbal

Grenada Cocoa & Spices Health and Wellness Tour

La Fille de la Mer – body cosmetics workshop

Djerba | Tunisia

Barcelona | Spain

SUCCESS STORIES

New Horizons: Gabrovo, between magic and traditions

Gabrovo Creative Tourissm: successful glass tangle festival

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

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

Creative Tourism, awarded in the Medellín Product Show Contest

Les Îles de la Madeleine: un modèle de tourisme créatif

The Îles de la Madeleine: a model of creative tourism

Gabrovo Carnival, an International Cultural Landmark

Creative Tourism in the Llanquihue Lake (Chile)

Djerba focuses on creative and sustainable tourism in Tunisia

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

Successful experiential press and fam trips!

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 inaugurates its House of Creativity

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!

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

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

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