CREATIVE TOURISM NETWORK®

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

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    SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

NEWS

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

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

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

Interview with Jingdezhen: Revitalizing a Ceramic Capital through Creative Tourism

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

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

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

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

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

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

Interview with Nicolas Monquaut (French Ministry of Culture)

INTERVIEW: Talks on Sapporo, UNESCO City of Media Arts

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

Dr Mervat Abdel-Nasser, New Hermopolis (Egypt)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Marina Simião, Patchwork Methodology (Brazil)

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

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

CREATIVE EXPERIENCES

Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine (Magdalen Islands) | Quebec

Draw what you drink

Forging a rough-forged knife

Pottery workshops

Sculpture workshop

Raku and pottery workshop at Show d’Boucane

Tozeur | Tunisia

Travel sketchbook

Around Louvre-Lens | France

Creative workshops at the Bambouseraie

Tour of Port of Spain infused with a taste of Trini

Make your own marbled papers

Ceramics & other tailor-made crafts

Living in island of Gods

Fig Trilogy

Candle making workshops

Coffee farms

Photography workshop

Bakery for ritual breads

Kite making workshops for kids 

Gîte agrotouristique la Marie-Simonne

Perpignan-Méditerranée | France

Rumba rythm

Wood crafting workshop

Guided tour to a curds workshop 

Thai Creative Art in Thailand

Oyster Knife Making

Culinary arts experiences 

Come to Brasilia Teimosa 

Aromalight workshops

From grain to bread 

Traditional catalan desserts

Wild picking and organic market gardening

Pottery workshop at “La Maison du Potier” (The potter’s house)

Oenological games

Arts & Craft Tour in Nevis

Beeswax candles

Amulet Making in Thailand

Local cuisine workshop

Bakery workshop in Saint Jean Port Joli

“Come Leh We Go to Tobago” – Patriotic T&T

“Azulejos” tiles painting

From Market to Table

Guerreiros do passo

Creative walks

Brew your own beer!

Painting and wine workshops

Olha! Recife

Pottery workshop with Show d’Boucane 

Ceramic with la Maison du Potier 

SUCCESS STORIES

Gabrovo Creative Tourissm: successful glass tangle festival

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?

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

New Horizons: Gabrovo, between magic and traditions

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

The Îles de la Madeleine: a model of creative tourism

Les Îles de la Madeleine: un modèle de tourisme créatif

Successful experiential press and fam trips!

Gabrovo Carnival, an International Cultural Landmark

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

Creative Tourism in the Llanquihue Lake (Chile)

Barcelos inaugurates its House of Creativity

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, awarded in the Medellín Product Show Contest

THEY TRUST US