CREATIVE TOURISM NETWORK®

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

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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

Salvador da Bahia, successful World Conference of Creative Tourism

NEW CreativeFriendlyDestinations Catalogue!

G20 : The Creative Tourism Network invited to share good practices!

Brazil: International Conference on Creative Tourism

Bahrain: Creative Tourism at the UN Tourism World Forum on Gastronomy Tourism

CREATIVE FRIENDLY Destinations

INTERVIEWS

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

Interview with Maeva Riroroco, President of the Rapa Nui, Chamber of Tourism (Easter Island, Isla de Pascua, Chile)

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

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

Interview with Jingdezhen: Revitalizing a Ceramic Capital through Creative Tourism

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

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)

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

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

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

Rupanjana De, Touriosity Travelmag

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

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: Talks on Sapporo, UNESCO City of Media Arts

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

Dr Mervat Abdel-Nasser, New Hermopolis (Egypt)

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

Marijana Biondic, Crikvenica (Croatia)

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

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

La Tavola Marche (Italy)

Marina Simião, Patchwork Methodology (Brazil)

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

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

CREATIVE EXPERIENCES

Scented candles workshops 

Biot | France

Live the authentic Saint Vincent lifestyle with NatureFresh Adventures 

Barcelos imagery

«The mark of fire» pyrography on wood

Ceramic with la Maison du Potier 

Olha! Recife

Workshop Art and Creativity / Writing Art-Nature at Nicole Gravel Workshop & Gallery

Travel sketchbook

Embroidery and weaving 

Coffee roasting workshop

Cardboard workshop in Loulé

Oenological games

Local cuisine workshop

Saint-Jean-Port-Joli | Quebec

Flamenco dance class in Barcelona

Experiencing authentic culture in Trinidad & Tobago with Pure Lopino Tours

Cyanotype with Algarve Flora Elements

Perpignan-Méditerranée | France

Catalan castellers

Fooding experience

Pottery workshop at “La Maison du Potier” (The potter’s house)

Cebu making space creative workshops

Cartoon drawing masterclass

Rumba rythm

Bakespace cooking workshop 

Sketching workshop in Barcelona

Experiencing authentic Bajan life in Nzuri Eco Retreat (Barbados)

Learn at the ceramic school in La Bisbal

San Antonio | Texas – U.S.A

Bamboo cooking

Learn to cook in Biot’s communal wood oven (Provence, French Riviera)

Beeswax candles

Candle making workshops

Body expression

A countryside experience

Photographying & revealing creativity

Algarve Cataplana

Loulé | Portugal

“Azulejos” tiles painting

Maracatu raízes de pai adão 

Modeling technique of a small stoneware piece 

Wood crafting workshop

Brew your own beer!

Discover and taste Empordanet products 

Art-deco paper jewellery

Bear cave printing 

“Tapas” workshop in Barcelona

Barcelos pottery

Wines and vines experiences 

SUCCESS STORIES

A Oficina de Turismo de La Bisbal d’Empordà ganha o Prémio Catalunha 2023 para a Inovação

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

A Oficina de Turismo de La Bisbal d’Empordà ganha o Prémio Catalunha 2023 para a Inovação

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

The Îles de la Madeleine: a model of creative tourism

How to Spend 1 Day in the Empordanet: a Creative Itinerary

Creative Tourism in the Llanquihue Lake (Chile)

Gabrovo Creative Tourissm: successful glass tangle festival

Barcelos inaugurates its House of Creativity

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

UPERNOIR: the festival that celebrates black on the plate!

Djerba focuses on creative and sustainable tourism in Tunisia

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

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

Quito expands its creative tourism offer through the experiential´Andes Road´

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

The Tourist Board of La Bisbal d’Empordà wins the Innovation Award 2023 of Catalonia

New Horizons: Gabrovo, between magic and traditions

Gabrovo Humour Carnival

La Cité des Électriciens (France) voted “Best Creative Lodging” by the Creative Tourism Awards

Creative Tourism, awarded in the Medellín Product Show Contest

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