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

Marina Simião, Patchwork Methodology (Brazil)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Interview with Nicolas Monquaut (French Ministry of Culture)

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

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

Dr Mervat Abdel-Nasser, New Hermopolis (Egypt)

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

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

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

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

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 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.

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

INTERVIEW: Talks on Sapporo, UNESCO City of Media Arts

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

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

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

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

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

Interview with Jingdezhen: Revitalizing a Ceramic Capital through Creative Tourism

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

CREATIVE EXPERIENCES

Molding the clay on the Potter’s Wheel

Guided tour to a curds workshop 

Aromalight workshops

Introduction to pottery wheel

Caboclinho 7 flexas 

Algarve Cataplana

Arts & Crafts markets

Creative walks

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

Herbalism and summer care

Photography workshops

Guerreiros do passo

Tam-Awan village art workshops 

Cooking workshops Colombian food

Traditional dances workshop

Cebu making space creative workshops

Medellín | Colombia

Stained glass workshop “I Did It Myself”

Learn at the ceramic school in La Bisbal

Charentes | France

Ceramic workshop in Thailand

Live the authentic Saint Vincent lifestyle with NatureFresh Adventures 

Tour operator with Ecomapu 

Interactive DIY & upcylcing workshops

La Fille de la Mer – body cosmetics workshop

Basketry and wicker 

Cooking class: your own bulgarian specialities

Tozeur | Tunisia

National Museum Cebu

Catalan crafts

Baguio | Philippines

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

Raku and pottery workshop at Show d’Boucane

Teimocidade 

Cooking workshops

Nagô ancestrality popular culture 

Fooding experience

Do It Your Frites

Barcelos | Portugal

Workshop Art and Creativity / Writing Art-Nature at Nicole Gravel Workshop & Gallery

Grandma’s Cooking – Barcelona

Hand spinning workshop

Discover ceramic modeling

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

Nabeul | Tunisia

Survival day: return to -450,000 years

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

Rumba rythm

Brew your own beer!

“Azulejos” tiles painting

SUCCESS STORIES

Barcelos inaugura la seva Casa de la Creativitat

New Horizons: Gabrovo, between magic and traditions

The Îles de la Madeleine: a model of creative tourism

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

Barcelos inaugura su Casa de la Creatividad

Gabrovo Creative Tourissm: successful glass tangle festival

Les Îles de la Madeleine: un modèle de tourisme créatif

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

Creative Tourism in the Llanquihue Lake (Chile)

Barcelos inaugurates its House of Creativity

Successful experiential press and fam trips!

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

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

Barcelos inaugura a Casa da Criatividade

Barcelos inaugure sa Maison de la Créativité

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

Djerba focuses on creative and sustainable tourism in Tunisia

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:

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

THEY TRUST US