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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Interview with Nicolas Monquaut (French Ministry of Culture)

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

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

INTERVIEW: Talks on Sapporo, UNESCO City of Media Arts

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Marina Simião, Patchwork Methodology (Brazil)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Dr Mervat Abdel-Nasser, New Hermopolis (Egypt)

Interview with Jingdezhen: Revitalizing a Ceramic Capital through Creative Tourism

CREATIVE EXPERIENCES

Modeling technique of a small stoneware piece 

Cyanotype with Algarve Flora Elements

Create your own Sukhothai pattern in Thaïland

Living in island of Gods

Dahar | Tunisia

Barcelos pottery

Braid making

Traditional Weaving in Thailand

Cooking Workshop & Spirulina 

Lobster trap fabrication at Musée de l’Île d’Entrée

Visit of a pottery workshop 

Saint Honorat island wine tastings

Sining eskinita 

Bakespace cooking workshop 

Aromalight workshops

Olive oil workshop

Cooking class: your own bulgarian specialities

Spinning and weaving of linen

Merit Creation in Thailand

Loulé | Portugal

Algarve Cataplana

Tour operator with Ecomapu 

Grandma’s Cooking – Barcelona

Sketching workshop in Barcelona

Cosmetic workshop

Amulet Making in Thailand

Olha! Recife

A half-day in the world of weaving

Iron and derivates 

Lantern Making in Thailand

Sfax-Kerkennah | Tunisia

Barcelos | Portugal

Visit a farmhouse around sheeps

Stained glass workshop “I Did It Myself”

Goat’s hair processing

Guided tour to a curds workshop 

Tour of Port of Spain infused with a taste of Trini

Sculpture workshop

Local cuisine workshop

Photography workshop

Raku and pottery workshop at Show d’Boucane

Recife is always carnival 

Molding the clay on the Potter’s Wheel

Oenological games

Routes through the Commune 13

Wood Carving Workshop

Kite making workshops for kids 

Nicosia | Cyprus

Barcelos creative tourism for seniors

Cultural struggles 

SUCCESS STORIES

Barcelos inaugura su Casa de la Creatividad

The Îles de la Madeleine: a model of creative tourism

Barcelos inaugure sa Maison de la Créativité

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

New Horizons: Gabrovo, between magic and traditions

Creative Tourism, awarded in the Medellín Product Show Contest

Gabrovo Creative Tourissm: successful glass tangle festival

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

Barcelos inaugura la sua Casa della Creatività

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

Les Îles de la Madeleine: un modèle de tourisme créatif

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

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

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

Djerba focuses on creative and sustainable tourism in Tunisia

Barcelos inaugurates its House of Creativity

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

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

Successful experiential press and fam trips!

Barcelos inaugura la seva Casa de la Creativitat

Creative Tourism in the Llanquihue Lake (Chile)

Barcelos inaugura a Casa da Criatividade

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