CREATIVE TOURISM NETWORK®

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

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NEWS

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 TOURISM AWARDS 2025: A luxury panel of winners!

CREATIVE TOURISM: CANNES, NEW GLOBAL LEADER!

CREATIVE FRIENDLY Destinations

INTERVIEWS

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

Interview with Nicolas Monquaut (French Ministry of Culture)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Dr Mervat Abdel-Nasser, New Hermopolis (Egypt)

Interview with Jingdezhen: Revitalizing a Ceramic Capital through Creative Tourism

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

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

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

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

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 / Angeliki Vasileiadou, Digital Marketing Manager, Nicosia Tourism Board

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

INTERVIEW: Talks on Sapporo, UNESCO City of Media Arts

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

Marina Simião, Patchwork Methodology (Brazil)

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

CREATIVE EXPERIENCES

Draw what you drink

Arts & Crafts markets

Barcelos creative tourism for seniors

Visit of a pottery workshop 

Creation of leather goods

Basketry and wicker 

Christmas ornament blowing workshop

Ecological farm visit

Creative Arts Workshops

Wood crafting workshop

Oenological games

Charentes | France

Haskap and permaculture

OpArt atelier

Algarve Cataplana

Routes to hydrangea and orchid crops

Cooking workshops

Nagô ancestrality popular culture 

Baguio city creative forum 

Crazy about the Caribbean Kids Workshop

Step into the soul of Belize through hands-on cultural immersion

Culinary arts experiences 

Kingston | Jamaica

Eco-Art atelier

Illustration workshop with Calamina

Grandma’s Cooking – Barcelona

Spinning and weaving of linen

Kaïros, the Gallery of Bowls (Charentes, France)

Brew your own beer!

Watercolour workshop with Diane Boilard

Around Louvre-Lens | France

Aromalight workshops

Empordà-style decoration workshop

Silleteras farms

Ceramic workshop in Thailand

Traditional dances workshop

Experiencing authentic Bajan life in Nzuri Eco Retreat (Barbados)

Hand spinning workshop

Glass workshop

“Azulejos” tiles painting

Recife tour & manguebeat story 

Iron and derivates 

Creative programming of our festivals & museum

Breads of Barcelos creative city

Dahar | Tunisia

Cebu | Philippines

Arts & Craft Tour in Nevis

Do It Your Frites

Traditional Weaving in Thailand

Limaçon – Stone-cutting workshop

SUCCESS STORIES

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

Creative Tourism, awarded in the Medellín Product Show Contest

Barcelos inaugure sa Maison de la Créativité

Barcelos inaugura la seva Casa de la Creativitat

Barcelos inaugura a Casa da Criatividade

Barcelos inaugurates its House of Creativity

Djerba focuses on creative and sustainable tourism in Tunisia

Les Îles de la Madeleine: un modèle de tourisme créatif

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

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

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

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

Barcelos inaugura la sua Casa della Creatività

Successful experiential press and fam trips!

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

New Horizons: Gabrovo, between magic and traditions

Barcelos inaugura su Casa de la Creatividad

The Îles de la Madeleine: a model of creative tourism

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

Gabrovo Creative Tourissm: successful glass tangle festival

Creative Tourism in the Llanquihue Lake (Chile)

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

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