CREATIVE TOURISM NETWORK®

The Creative Tourism Network®is the Official World Creative Tourism Organization

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    SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

NEWS

OPEN CALL: The Creative Tourism Network® invites destinations from all over the world to apply for the CreativeFriendlyDestination® label.

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 FRIENDLY Destinations

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEW: Talks on Sapporo, UNESCO City of Media Arts

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

Marina Simião, Patchwork Methodology (Brazil)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Dr Mervat Abdel-Nasser, New Hermopolis (Egypt)

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

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

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

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

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

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

Interview with Nicolas Monquaut (French Ministry of Culture)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Interview with Jingdezhen: Revitalizing a Ceramic Capital through Creative Tourism

CREATIVE EXPERIENCES

Caboclinho 7 flexas 

Experiencing authentic culture in Trinidad & Tobago with Pure Lopino Tours

Introduction to Western riding

Haskap and permaculture

Olha! Recife

Catalan cooking class

Dahar | Tunisia

My first pottery piece 

Crazy about the Caribbean Kids Workshop

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

Photography workshop

Creative writing workshop with Prips

Photographic Route in Loulé (Portugal)

Cévennes cooking workshop

Around Louvre-Lens | France

Performing tour 

Thai Creative Art in Thailand

Raku ceramics craftsmanship

Introduction to pottery wheel

Travel sketchbook

Guerreiros do passo

Recife | Brazil

Brew your own beer!

Workshop for carnival masks

Baguio | Philippines

Ceramic workshop at the charming Emo Etar

Amulet Making in Thailand

Wild picking and organic market gardening

Painting, drawing, engraving workshop

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

National Museum Cebu

Grandma’s Cooking – Barcelona

Catalan wine tasting

Photography workshops

Creative Arts Workshops

A half-day in the world of weaving

Gabrovo | Bulgaria

Visit of a pottery workshop 

«The mark of fire» pyrography on wood

Design your own perfumes

Basketry and wicker 

Catalan castellers

Soap making with la fille de la mer 

Traditional weaving workshop

Fig Trilogy

Arts & Crafts markets

Shape your Catalan art ceramics

Cooking workshops

Bakery for ritual breads

Street art with VSA tour 

SUCCESS STORIES

Creative Tourism in the Llanquihue Lake (Chile)

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

Gabrovo Carnival, an International Cultural Landmark

Djerba focuses on creative and sustainable tourism in Tunisia

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

Les Îles de la Madeleine: un modèle de tourisme créatif

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

Creative Tourism, awarded in the Medellín Product Show Contest

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

New Horizons: Gabrovo, between magic and traditions

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

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:

The Îles de la Madeleine: a model of creative tourism

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

Successful experiential press and fam trips!

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