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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

INTERVIEW: Talks on Sapporo, UNESCO City of Media Arts

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

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

Dr Mervat Abdel-Nasser, New Hermopolis (Egypt)

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.

Interview with Jingdezhen: Revitalizing a Ceramic Capital through Creative Tourism

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

CREATIVE EXPERIENCES

Guerreiros do passo

Sew a Taleigo bag in Loulé

Limaçon – Stone-cutting workshop

Baguio | Philippines

Raku and pottery workshop at Show d’Boucane

OpArt atelier

Do It Your Frites

Paint the galo de Barcelos

Silk painting workshop

Aromalight workshops

Bumi & Ashe pottery

Gourmande de nature – Culinary workshop

Routes to hydrangea and orchid crops

Iloilo | Philippines

Catalan cooking class

Making a Taleigo bag

Embroidery and weaving 

Olha! Recife

Tam-Awan village art workshops 

Cooking workshops Colombian food

Traditional Weaving in Thailand

Brew your own beer!

Print making with Casa Plan  

Glass workshop

Mind Lab crafts

Painting, drawing, engraving workshop

Traditional weaving workshop

Medellín | Colombia

Sining eskinita 

Merit Creation in Thailand

Scented candles workshops 

Caboclinho 7 flexas 

Creative workshops at the Bambouseraie

Traditional dances workshop

Cultural struggles 

Interactive DIY & upcylcing workshops

Live the authentic Saint Vincent lifestyle with NatureFresh Adventures 

La Fille de la Mer – body cosmetics workshop

Barcelos imagery

Cartoon drawing masterclass

Around Louvre-Lens | France

San Antonio | Texas – U.S.A

Visit of a pottery workshop 

Aromalight workshops

Straw marquetry

Arts & Craft Tour in Nevis

Creative programming of our festivals & museum

Cannes | France

Braid making

Kingston | Jamaica

SUCCESS STORIES

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

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:

Djerba focuses on creative and sustainable tourism in Tunisia

Les Îles de la Madeleine: un modèle de tourisme créatif

Barcelos inaugurates its House of Creativity

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

Successful experiential press and fam trips!

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:

Barcelos inaugure sa Maison de la Créativité

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

Barcelos inaugura la seva Casa de la Creativitat

Gabrovo Creative Tourissm: successful glass tangle festival

Barcelos inaugura a Casa da Criatividade

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

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

Barcelos inaugura su Casa de la Creatividad

Creative Tourism, awarded in the Medellín Product Show Contest

Barcelos inaugura la sua Casa della Creatività

Creative Tourism in the Llanquihue Lake (Chile)

THEY TRUST US