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

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)

Marina Simião, Patchwork Methodology (Brazil)

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

Dr Mervat Abdel-Nasser, New Hermopolis (Egypt)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 // LouléCriativo (Portugal) un modèle de développement durable

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

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

Interview with Nicolas Monquaut (French Ministry of Culture)

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

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

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

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

INTERVIEW: Talks on Sapporo, UNESCO City of Media Arts

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Interview with Jingdezhen: Revitalizing a Ceramic Capital through Creative Tourism

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

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

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

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

CREATIVE EXPERIENCES

Baguio city creative forum 

Tam-Awan village art workshops 

Tour of Port of Spain infused with a taste of Trini

Sculpture workshop

Saint Honorat island wine tastings

Kite making workshops for kids 

Sew a Taleigo bag in Loulé

Create your own soap

Empordà-style decoration workshop

Wool & felt workshop with Miel de Oveja

Barcelos chocolate experience

Cosmetic workshop

Teimocidade 

Guerreiros do passo

Embroidery and weaving 

Introduction to Western riding

Cultural struggles 

From grain to bread 

Pottery workshop with Show d’Boucane 

Traditional dances workshop

Amulet Making in Thailand

Scented and Floral Vegetable Candle Making Workshop with Ombellessence

Ceramic, drawing & jewelry workshop with Sanaa Studio 

Barcelos | Portugal

Iloilo | Philippines

Local cuisine workshop

Experiencing authentic culture in Trinidad & Tobago with Pure Lopino Tours

Shape your Catalan art ceramics

Empordanet | Catalonia

Raku ceramics craftsmanship

Brew your own beer!

“Azulejos” tiles painting

Ceramic workshop in Thailand

Barcelona | Spain

Marie Line’s Creative Workshop in Brouage

Raku and pottery workshop at Show d’Boucane

Miel en mer – beeswax candle making workshop

Modeling technique of a small stoneware piece 

La Fille de la Mer – body cosmetics workshop

Braid making

Do It Your Frites

Learn at the ceramic school in La Bisbal

Grandma’s Cooking – Barcelona

Dive into a potter’s workshop

Nagô ancestrality popular culture 

Gîte agrotouristique la Marie-Simonne

Traditional bulgarian dances and musics workshop in Gabrovo

From Market to Table

Goat’s hair processing

Hand spinning workshop

SUCCESS STORIES

Creative Tourism in the Llanquihue Lake (Chile)

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

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

Barcelos inaugura a Casa da Criatividade

Les Îles de la Madeleine: un modèle de tourisme créatif

Barcelos inaugure sa Maison de la Créativité

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

New Horizons: Gabrovo, between magic and traditions

Barcelos inaugura su Casa de la Creatividad

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

The Îles de la Madeleine: a model of creative tourism

Barcelos inaugura la sua Casa della Creatività

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

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

Gabrovo Creative Tourissm: successful glass tangle festival

Barcelos inaugurates its House of Creativity

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

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

Barcelos inaugura la seva Casa de la Creativitat

Djerba focuses on creative and sustainable tourism in Tunisia

Successful experiential press and fam trips!

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