CREATIVE TOURISM NETWORK®

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

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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 / Angeliki Vasileiadou, Digital Marketing Manager, Nicosia Tourism Board

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

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

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

Dr Mervat Abdel-Nasser, New Hermopolis (Egypt)

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

Marina Simião, Patchwork Methodology (Brazil)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Interview with Nicolas Monquaut (French Ministry of Culture)

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

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

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 Jingdezhen: Revitalizing a Ceramic Capital through Creative Tourism

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 // LouléCriativo (Portugal) um modelo de desenvolvimento sustentável

INTERVIEW: Talks on Sapporo, UNESCO City of Media Arts

CREATIVE EXPERIENCES

Limaçon – Stone-cutting workshop

National Museum Cebu

Grandma’s Cooking – Barcelona

Pottery workshops

Raku and pottery workshop at Show d’Boucane

La Fille de la Mer – body cosmetics workshop

Breads of Barcelos creative city

Nabeul | Tunisia

Design your own perfumes

Photography workshop

Creative writing workshop with Prips

Photography school

Print making with Casa Plan  

Traditional bulgarian dances and musics workshop in Gabrovo

Tour of Port of Spain infused with a taste of Trini

Gabrovo | Bulgaria

Live the authentic Saint Vincent lifestyle with NatureFresh Adventures 

Lantern Making in Thailand

Visit a farmhouse around sheeps

Wool & felt workshop with Miel de Oveja

Pottery workshop

Ceramic workshop at the charming Emo Etar

Writing with a goose feather

Dive into a potter’s workshop

Mind Lab crafts

Coffee workshop with Taller Cafe

Charentes | France

Pottery with Quincha Quintil

Perpignan-Méditerranée | France

Introduction to Western riding

Photowalk: Loulé Street Photography

Olive oil workshop

Candle making workshops

Photography workshops

Mosaic workshop in Barcelona

Cartoon drawing masterclass

Routes through the Commune 13

Haskap and permaculture

From grain to bread 

Graphic audiovisual art with Perro Sur 

Learn at the ceramic school in La Bisbal

From Market to Table

Straw marquetry

We’ve crochet café knitting workshop 

Gourmande de nature – Culinary workshop

Visit of a pottery workshop 

Travel sketchbook

Recife tour & manguebeat story 

Rumba rythm

Cévennes cooking workshop

SUCCESS STORIES

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

Djerba focuses on creative and sustainable tourism in Tunisia

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

Barcelos inaugura a Casa da Criatividade

Successful experiential press and fam trips!

The Îles de la Madeleine: a model of creative tourism

Barcelos inaugura su Casa de la Creatividad

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

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:

New Horizons: Gabrovo, between magic and traditions

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

Barcelos inaugurates its House of Creativity

Creative Tourism in the Llanquihue Lake (Chile)

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

Barcelos inaugura la sua Casa della Creatività

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:

Barcelos inaugure sa Maison de la Créativité

Les Îles de la Madeleine: un modèle de tourisme créatif

Barcelos inaugura la seva Casa de la Creativitat

Gabrovo Creative Tourissm: successful glass tangle festival

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