CREATIVE TOURISM NETWORK®

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

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NEWS

Creative Tourism among the Innovative Solutions Featured at TIS Seville 2026

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

CREATIVE FRIENDLY Destinations

INTERVIEWS

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

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

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

CANNES Creative Tourism: Interview with Laure Toma, Leisure Tourism Director, Cannes Visitors Bureau,

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)

Marina Simião, Patchwork Methodology (Brazil)

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

Creative Tourism in Charentes (France): Interview with Séverine Fauvel / @Mon Tendre Atelier

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

Creative Tourism in the Charentes Region (France): Interview with Elisa Valinejad, Founder of Moulin sous la Vergne :

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

INTERVIEW: Talks on Sapporo, UNESCO City of Media Arts

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

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

Interview with Jingdezhen: Revitalizing a Ceramic Capital through Creative Tourism

Dr Mervat Abdel-Nasser, New Hermopolis (Egypt)

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

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

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

Creative Tourism in Charentes (France) : Interview with Leather Artistry of FREYA, “Crafting the Soul of the Charentes”

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

Creative Tourism in the Charentes Region (France) : Interview with Sarah Dupuis, ceramist “Shaping the Essence of the Charentes”

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

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

Creative Tourism in Charentes (France): Interview with Jean‑Louis Laboissière, Les Hauts de Talmont: A Creative Wine Experience in Charentes (France)

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

Creative Tourism in Les Charentes, France: Interview with Kevin Prat, Les Fleurs de Roussillon: Celebrating Nature Through Creative Floral Experiences

Interview with Nicolas Monquaut (French Ministry of Culture)

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

CREATIVE EXPERIENCES

Visit of a pottery workshop 

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

Learn at the ceramic school in La Bisbal

Paint Barcelos’ iconic rooster!

Do It Your Frites

A half-day in the world of weaving

Local cuisine workshop

Pottery with Quincha Quintil

Snow sculpture in Saint Jean Port Joli – Québec

Introduction to Western riding

Bakery workshop in Saint Jean Port Joli

Grandma’s Cooking – Barcelona

Baguio | Philippines

Mosaic workshop in Barcelona

Cyanotype with Algarve Flora Elements

Raku ceramics craftsmanship

Kingston | Jamaica

Bamboo Weaving in Thailand

Bamboo cooking

Living in island of Gods

Ceramic with la Maison du Potier 

Routes through the Moravian hill

Bakespace cooking workshop 

Molding the clay on the Potter’s Wheel

Glass workshop in Gabrovo (Bulgaria)

Watercolour workshop with Diane Boilard

Cartoon drawing masterclass

Coffee farms

Barcelona | Spain

Traditional Weaving in Thailand

Gourmande de nature – Culinary workshop

Basketry and wicker 

Maracatu raízes de pai adão 

Tour of Port of Spain infused with a taste of Trini

Regional Folk Dance Workshop 

A countryside experience

Glass workshop

Shape your Catalan art ceramics

Come to Brasilia Teimosa 

Gîte agrotouristique la Marie-Simonne

Breads of Barcelos creative city

Scented candles workshops 

Marie Line’s Creative Workshop in Brouage

Traditional music & dances experiences 

Create your own Sukhothai pattern in Thaïland

Bumi & Ashe pottery

Cannes | France

Survival day: return to -450,000 years

Kite making workshops for kids 

Visit of a pottery workshop 

SUCCESS STORIES

Gabrovo Carnival, an International Cultural Landmark

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

Creative Tourism, awarded in the Medellín Product Show Contest

The Îles de la Madeleine: a model of creative tourism

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

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:

Gabrovo Creative Tourissm: successful glass tangle festival

New Horizons: Gabrovo, between magic and traditions

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

Successful experiential press and fam trips!

Creative Tourism in the Llanquihue Lake (Chile)

Les Îles de la Madeleine: un modèle de tourisme créatif

Djerba focuses on creative and sustainable tourism in Tunisia

Creative Tourism: Ljubljana Named Europe’s Best Creative City Destination!

“Barranquilla Recognized as the World’s Best Creative Destination by the Creative Tourism Network®, and Its Carnival Named the World’s Best Creative Event”!

Barcelos inaugurates its House of Creativity

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

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

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