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

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

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

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)

Dr Mervat Abdel-Nasser, New Hermopolis (Egypt)

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

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

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

Interview with Jingdezhen: Revitalizing a Ceramic Capital through Creative Tourism

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Creative Tourism: Interview with Artur Bastos, Head of Division on a substitution basis – Division of Tourism and Cultural Management – of Amarante, Creative City UNESCO

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Marina Simião, Patchwork Methodology (Brazil)

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

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

INTERVIEW: Talks on Sapporo, UNESCO City of Media Arts

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

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

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

CREATIVE EXPERIENCES

Scented candles workshops 

Recife is always carnival 

Culinary arts experiences 

Djerba | Tunisia

Making adornments from wool

Performing tour 

Tasting and creation of crazy salts 

Photography workshop

Cooking class: your own bulgarian specialities

Embroidery and weaving 

Creative walks

Traditional Weaving in Thailand

Dive into a potter’s workshop

Glass workshop

Oenological games

Grenada Cocoa & Spices Health and Wellness Tour

Merit Creation in Thailand

Straw marquetry

Saint Honorat island wine tastings

Sculpture workshop

Visit of a pottery workshop 

My first pottery piece 

Fooding experience

Cooking workshops

Pottery workshops

Pottery with Quincha Quintil

Come to Brasilia Teimosa 

Illustration workshop with Calamina

Photography workshops

Draw what you drink

Introduction to Western riding

Stained glass workshop “I Did It Myself”

Iloilo | Philippines

Grape harvesting at Quinta da Tôr

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

Ecological farm visit

Create your own upcycled item

Painting and wine workshops

Cyanotype with Algarve Flora Elements

Do It Your Frites

Hubs of creative makers

Brew your own beer!

Aromalight workshops

Visit of wine estate Domaine Pautier

Braid making

Visit of a pottery workshop 

Dry and fresh flower basket and wreath workshop 

Cooking Workshop & Spirulina 

Stonemason workshop 

Traditional weaving workshop

SUCCESS STORIES

Les Îles de la Madeleine: un modèle de tourisme créatif

Gabrovo Creative Tourissm: successful glass tangle festival

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

Barcelos inaugura su Casa de la Creatividad

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 sua Casa della Creatività

Barcelos inaugurates its House of Creativity

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

Successful experiential press and fam trips!

Barcelos inaugura a Casa da Criatividade

Creative Tourism in the Llanquihue Lake (Chile)

Djerba focuses on creative and sustainable tourism in Tunisia

New Horizons: Gabrovo, between magic and traditions

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

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!

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

The Îles de la Madeleine: a model of creative tourism

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

Barcelos inaugura la seva Casa de la Creativitat

THEY TRUST US