CREATIVE TOURISM NETWORK®

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

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NEWS

Creative Tourism Network® Invited as a Special Partner of the 19th ECTN Conference in Skiathos

GABROVO (Bulgaria) shines as a Global Creative Tourism Leader, hosting the UNESCO Creative Cities Conference on Crafts and Folk Art

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 FRIENDLY Destinations

INTERVIEWS

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

INTERVIEW: Talks on Sapporo, UNESCO City of Media Arts

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

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

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

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

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

Creative Tourism in Les Charentes, France:

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

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

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

Interview with Nicolas Monquaut (French Ministry of Culture)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

CREATIVE EXPERIENCES

“Pélardon” cheese workshop

Eco-Art atelier

Perpignan-Méditerranée | France

Catalan crafts

Thai Creative Art in Thailand

Raku ceramics craftsmanship

Writing with a goose feather

Make your own marbled papers

Creative leather workshop: design your own custom bag, jewelry or coin purse!

Charentes | France

Traditional dances workshop

Marie Line’s Creative Workshop in Brouage

Illustration workshop with Calamina

Oyster Knife Making

Lobster trap fabrication at Musée de l’Île d’Entrée

Loulé | Portugal

Fooding experience

Teimocidade 

Djerba | Tunisia

Cooking workshops Colombian food

Creative writing workshop with Prips

Graphic audiovisual art with Perro Sur 

Painting and wine workshops

Ceramic workshop in Thailand

Tam-Awan village art workshops 

Aromalight workshops

Barcelona | Spain

Bakery for ritual breads

Catalan cooking class

Photography workshop

Cannes | France

Art-deco paper jewellery

A half-day in the world of weaving

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

Bakery workshop in Saint Jean Port Joli

Guided tour to a curds workshop 

Botanical printing

Molding the clay on the Potter’s Wheel

Bear cave printing 

Routes to hydrangea and orchid crops

National Museum Cebu

Gabrovo | Bulgaria

Barcelos pottery

Carnival Experience in Trinidad & Tobago

From Market to Table

Live the authentic Saint Vincent lifestyle with NatureFresh Adventures 

Up Fab Lab 3D printing 

Sfax-Kerkennah | Tunisia

Christmas ornament blowing workshop

Glass workshop

SUCCESS STORIES

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

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

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.

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

Creative Tourism in the Llanquihue Lake (Chile)

Creative Tourism, awarded in the Medellín Product Show Contest

Successful experiential press and fam trips!

Djerba focuses on creative and sustainable tourism in Tunisia

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

Gabrovo Carnival, an International Cultural Landmark

The Îles de la Madeleine: a model of creative tourism

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

Les Îles de la Madeleine: un modèle de tourisme créatif

New Horizons: Gabrovo, between magic and traditions

Gabrovo Creative Tourissm: successful glass tangle festival

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

THEY TRUST US