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  The Creative Tourism Network® is pleased to announce that entries for the 15th Creative Tourism Awards are now open. These awards have been recognizing companies, projects, and destinations worldwide that rely on creative tourism to meet the growing demand from travelers wishing to discover the local culture authentically while creating a value chain for the territory.   Creative… Read more: Call for entries for 15th Creative Tourism Awards

Creative tourism as a transformative solution for destinations around the world once again shone at this year’s World Travel Market (WTM) in London. With steadily growing global interest, creative tourism is no longer a niche: it is a dynamic framework that responds to the evolving needs of travelers while promoting inclusive, regenerative, and culturally rich… Read more: Creative Tourism Network® Shines at WTM London 2025

The Creative Tourism International Forum, held in Barcelona on September 30th and organized by the Creative Tourism Network® with the support of the Government of Catalonia, concluded with a decisive turning point in the global tourism paradigm. Visionary leaders, experts, and delegates from five continents gathered to co-create sustainable, inclusive, and regenerative tourism ecosystems, positioning… Read more: Creative Tourism International Forum Catalyzes a Global Shift Toward Regenerative Travel in MONDIACULT

The Creative Tourism Network® (CTN) is proud to present its flagship international forum, taking place on Sept. 30 th 2025, in the vibrant city of Barcelona. This global event will spotlight the transformative power of creative tourism and the orange economy, bringing together visionary leaders, experts, and delegates from five continents. In the midst of a global… Read more: The Creative Tourism Network® invites destinations from around the world to co-create at its International Forum during Mondiacult

INFO + OPEN CALL +APPLICATION Take advantage of your presence at the UNESCO MONDIACULT Congress in Barcelona to fully immerse yourself in the creative tourism sector and the orange economy, generate strategic synergies, and position your destination on the international scene. At this key moment for responding creatively and collaboratively to new paradigms, this event… Read more: International Forum on Creative Tourism – Barcelona, Sept. 30th 2025 – Mondiacult

The Creative Tourism Network® (CTN)—recognized by UNESCO, UN Tourism, UNOSSC, and Ministries of Tourism and Culture worldwide—announces its call for entries for destinations to earn the coveted CreativeFriendlyDestination® Label. As the world’s leading authority in creative tourism, CTN invites destinations of all kinds— from picturesque villages to vibrant metropolises, including Creative Cities, SIDS and mountain… Read more: Creative Tourism Network® opens Global Call for CreativeFriendlyDestination® Label, fostering the way for a new era of sustainable tourism

On July 2–3, 2025, the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), in close partnership with the German Development Cooperation and with support from the European Commission, convened a pivotal conference in Athens, Greece, dedicated to Employment-Related Opportunities and Challenges in the Tourism Sector. This high-level event is part of a broader UfM strategy to catalyze inclusive… Read more: Creative Tourism as an All-Inclusive Solution: Spotlight on the UfM’s Conference in Athens

To commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the 2005 Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions, UNESCO Headquarters hosted the exhibition “Celebrating Caribbean Diversity: the Journey of the UNESCO–European Union Transcultura Programme”. Inaugurated on 17 June by Anne Lemaistre, Director of UNESCO’s Regional Office in Havana, Christina Kokkinakis, EU Ambassador to… Read more: Creative Tourism Featured at UNESCO House Exhibition

International recognition aimed at highlighting creativity, cultural diversity and sustainable tourism in the Caribbean The Creative Tourism Network® and the UNESCO Regional Office in Havana are proud to announce the creation and launch of the Caribbean Creative Tourism Awards, an initiative designed to celebrate and promote the richness of the Caribbean’s creative and sustainable ecosystems.… Read more: Creative Tourism Network® and UNESCO Transcultura launch the Caribbean Creative Tourism Awards

New Orleans has once again cemented its status as a global hub of culture and creativity, earning the prestigious title of World’s Leading Creative Destination, awarded by the Creative Tourism Network®. This distinction celebrates the city’s dynamic fusion of heritage, innovation, and artistic expression, offering travelers the opportunity to immerse themselves in this rich cultural… Read more: New Orleans Named World’s Best Creative Destination by the Creative Tourism Network®

The Creative Tourism Network® had the honor to drive Creative Tourism Capacity-building and Training Workshops in the Caribbean destination of Granada (February 25th to 28th), within the framework of the five-year Transcultura program’: Integrating Cuba, the Caribbean, and the European Union through Culture and Creativity’, implemented by the UNESCO Regional Office in Havana with the… Read more: Creative Tourism, a sustainable driver for UNESCO and European Union.

The winners of the 12th edition of the Creative Tourism Awards have just been revealed and the red carpet is spectacular! From New Orleans to Japan, passing through Easter Island, Salvador da Bahia or Cannes, French Riviera, … creativity is everywhere! These prestigious awards, created by the Creative Tourism Network® in 2014, honor companies, projects,… Read more: CREATIVE TOURISM AWARDS 2025: A luxury panel of winners!

This Friday, January 17, Cannes was recognized worldwide for its creativity and sustainable development strategies, as part of a Conference on Creative Tourism, organized by the Cannes Convention & Visitors Bureau, which brought together nearly a hundred professionals and representatives of Cannes culture and tourism, at the Canopy by Hilton Hotel (see program below). In… Read more: CREATIVE TOURISM: CANNES, NEW GLOBAL LEADER!

The first creative tourism experience design workshop was held in Salvador da Bahia on Monday, December 16. More than twenty cultural and tourist entrepreneurs actively participated in this first session, which was led by Caroline Couret, the director of the Creative Tourism Network®. This workshop is part of an extensive collaboration program between the Department… Read more: Salvador da Bahia fosters Creative Tourism

Bahia’s capital—which less than a year ago was crowned “World Best Creative Destination” by the Creative Tourism Network®—has just consolidated its leadership in the creative tourism sector with the spectacular organization of the International Conference on Creative Tourism. The event, which counted on the collaboration of the Creative Tourism Network, found Salvador the ideal place… Read more: Salvador da Bahia, successful World Conference of Creative Tourism