CREATIVE TOURISM NETWORK®

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

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The Creative Tourism Network® invites destinations from all over the world to apply for the CreativeFriendlyDestination® label.

Open Call for 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 Tourism, a sustainable driver for UNESCO and European Union.

CREATIVE FRIENDLY Destinations

INTERVIEWS

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

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

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

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

Dr Mervat Abdel-Nasser, New Hermopolis (Egypt)

Interview with Jingdezhen: Revitalizing a Ceramic Capital through Creative Tourism

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Marina Simião, Patchwork Methodology (Brazil)

CREATIVE EXPERIENCES

Breads of Barcelos creative city

Wines and vines experiences 

Nicosia | Cyprus

Recife is always carnival 

Molding the clay on the Potter’s Wheel

Bakery for ritual breads

Sining eskinita 

Olha! Recife

Fooding experience

Create your own soap

Cyanotype with Algarve Flora Elements

Nagô ancestrality popular culture 

Pottery workshops

Silk painting workshop

Empordà-style decoration workshop

Visit Timis | Romania

Local cuisine workshop

Regional Folk Dance Workshop 

Barcelos creative tourism for seniors

Cebu making space creative workshops

Ceramic workshop at the charming Emo Etar

Ceramic, drawing & jewelry workshop with Sanaa Studio 

Grapes of Roussillon in hand and mouth 

Bakespace cooking workshop 

Perpignan-Méditerranée | France

Wool & felt workshop with Miel de Oveja

Miel en mer – beeswax candle making workshop

Dahar | Tunisia

From alpaca breeding to knitting

From Market to Table

Soap making with la fille de la mer 

Draw what you drink

Mind Lab crafts

Barcelos | Portugal

Catalan crafts

Cannes | France

Art-deco paper jewellery

Kingston | Jamaica

Creative Arts Workshops

Watercolour workshop with Diane Boilard

Barcelos imagery

Braid making

Wood Carving Workshop

Creative leather workshop: design your own custom bag, jewelry or coin purse!

Sew a Taleigo bag in Loulé

Scented and Floral Vegetable Candle Making Workshop with Ombellessence

Embroidery and weaving 

Fig Trilogy

Loulé | Portugal

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

SUCCESS STORIES

New Horizons: Gabrovo, between magic and traditions

Gabrovo Creative Tourissm: successful glass tangle festival

Creative Tourism, awarded in the Medellín Product Show Contest

Creative Tourism in the Llanquihue Lake (Chile)

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

Gabrovo Carnival, an International Cultural Landmark

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

Barcelos inaugurates its House of Creativity

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

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

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:

Successful experiential press and fam trips!

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

Les Îles de la Madeleine: un modèle de tourisme créatif

The Îles de la Madeleine: a model of creative tourism

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

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