CREATIVE TOURISM NETWORK®

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

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    SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

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

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

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

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

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

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

Interview with Jingdezhen: Revitalizing a Ceramic Capital through Creative Tourism

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Dr Mervat Abdel-Nasser, New Hermopolis (Egypt)

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

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

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

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

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

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

Marina Simião, Patchwork Methodology (Brazil)

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

Interview with Nicolas Monquaut (French Ministry of Culture)

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

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

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

CREATIVE EXPERIENCES

Traditional Weaving in Thailand

Introduction to pottery wheel

Stonemason workshop 

Routes through the Moravian hill

Bear cave printing 

Workshop for carnival masks

Discover ceramic modeling

Rumba rythm

Regional Folk Dance Workshop 

Photographic Route in Loulé (Portugal)

Barcelos imagery

Print making with Casa Plan  

Cocoa beans into chocolate workshop

Mosaic workshop in Barcelona

Kaïros, the Gallery of Bowls (Charentes, France)

Wool & felt workshop with Miel de Oveja

Teimocidade 

Fig Trilogy

Wild picking and organic market gardening

Ceramic workshop in Thailand

Arts & Craft Tour in Nevis

Photography workshop

Pottery with Quincha Quintil

San Antonio | Texas – U.S.A

Modeling technique of a small stoneware piece 

Tozeur | Tunisia

Scented candles workshops 

Barcelos | Portugal

Online dance with Latoya

Customize your Anduze vase

Sculpture workshop

Caboclinho 7 flexas 

Introduction to Western riding

Traditional bulgarian dances and musics workshop in Gabrovo

Tasting and creation of crazy salts 

Traditional catalan desserts

Grenada Cocoa & Spices Health and Wellness Tour

Tam-Awan village art workshops 

Sketching workshop in Barcelona

Baguio | Philippines

Fooding experience

Botanical printing

Discover Cannes Honey

Creative walks

Stained glass workshop “I Did It Myself”

Basketry and wicker 

Straw marquetry

Iloilo | Philippines

Recife tour & manguebeat story 

Merit Creation in Thailand

SUCCESS STORIES

Gabrovo Creative Tourissm: successful glass tangle festival

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

Barcelos inaugure sa Maison de la Créativité

Les Îles de la Madeleine: un modèle de tourisme créatif

Barcelos inaugura a Casa da Criatividade

Barcelos inaugura la seva Casa de la Creativitat

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

Djerba focuses on creative and sustainable tourism in Tunisia

Successful experiential press and fam trips!

New Horizons: Gabrovo, between magic and traditions

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:

Barcelos inaugurates its House of Creativity

Barcelos inaugura su Casa de la Creatividad

Creative Tourism in the Llanquihue Lake (Chile)

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:

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

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

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

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

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