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

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

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

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

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

INTERVIEW: Talks on Sapporo, UNESCO City of Media Arts

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

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

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

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

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

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

Marina Simião, Patchwork Methodology (Brazil)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Dr Mervat Abdel-Nasser, New Hermopolis (Egypt)

Interview with Jingdezhen: Revitalizing a Ceramic Capital through Creative Tourism

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Interview with Nicolas Monquaut (French Ministry of Culture)

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

CREATIVE EXPERIENCES

Draw what you drink

Stonemason workshop 

Pottery workshop with Show d’Boucane 

Hubs of creative makers

Cardboard workshop in Loulé

Scented candles workshops 

Regional Folk Dance Workshop 

Beeswax candles

Theater museum of puppetry and clown

Fooding experience

Gourmande de nature – Culinary workshop

National Museum Cebu

Bakery workshop in Saint Jean Port Joli

A countryside experience

Routes through the Moravian hill

Print making with Casa Plan  

Gabrovo | Bulgaria

Sining eskinita 

Haskap and permaculture

Marie Line’s Creative Workshop in Brouage

Cooking Workshop & Spirulina 

Saint Honorat island wine tastings

Introduction to pottery wheel

Shape your Catalan art ceramics

Painting, drawing, engraving workshop

Tour of Port of Spain infused with a taste of Trini

Bumi & Ashe pottery

Online dance with Latoya

Ceramic, drawing & jewelry workshop with Sanaa Studio 

“Azulejos” tiles painting

Experiencing authentic culture in Trinidad & Tobago with Pure Lopino Tours

Learn at the ceramic school in La Bisbal

Traditional Weaving in Thailand

Aromalight workshops

Routes through the Commune 13

Candle making workshops

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

Kingston | Jamaica

Make your own marbled papers

Grenada Cocoa & Spices Health and Wellness Tour

Tour operator with Ecomapu 

Dive into a potter’s workshop

“Pélardon” cheese workshop

Christmas ornament blowing workshop

Discover and taste Empordanet products 

Recife | Brazil

Charentes | France

Embroidery and weaving 

Bamboo cooking

Teimocidade 

SUCCESS STORIES

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

Barcelos inaugurates its House of Creativity

Barcelos inaugura su Casa de la Creatividad

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:

Successful experiential press and fam trips!

Creative Tourism in the Llanquihue Lake (Chile)

Barcelos inaugura la sua Casa della Creatività

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

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

Barcelos inaugura a Casa da Criatividade

Creative Tourism, awarded in the Medellín Product Show Contest

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?

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

Gabrovo Creative Tourissm: successful glass tangle festival

Les Îles de la Madeleine: un modèle de tourisme créatif

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:

THEY TRUST US