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: Talks on Sapporo, UNESCO City of Media Arts

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

Interview with Nicolas Monquaut (French Ministry of Culture)

Interview with Jingdezhen: Revitalizing a Ceramic Capital through Creative Tourism

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Marina Simião, Patchwork Methodology (Brazil)

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

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

Dr Mervat Abdel-Nasser, New Hermopolis (Egypt)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

CREATIVE EXPERIENCES

Eco-Art atelier

Mosaic workshop in Barcelona

Travel sketchbook

Shape your Catalan art ceramics

Embroidery and weaving 

Pottery workshop

Catalan crafts

Make your own marbled papers

“Come Leh We Go to Tobago” – Patriotic T&T

Routes through the Commune 13

My first pottery piece 

Ceramic, drawing & jewelry workshop with Sanaa Studio 

Wool & felt workshop with Miel de Oveja

Gabrovo | Bulgaria

Interactive DIY & upcylcing workshops

Scented and Floral Vegetable Candle Making Workshop with Ombellessence

Up Fab Lab 3D printing 

Mind Lab crafts

Catalan wine tasting

National Museum Cebu

Arts & Crafts markets

Aromalight workshops

Art-deco paper jewellery

Cévennes cooking workshop

Miel en mer – beeswax candle making workshop

Iron and derivates 

Wood crafting workshop

Writing with a goose feather

Wines and vines experiences 

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

Barcelos chocolate experience

Candle making workshops

Create your own Sukhothai pattern in Thaïland

Glass workshop in Gabrovo (Bulgaria)

Guided tour to a curds workshop 

Cartoon drawing masterclass

Barcelos imagery

Making a Taleigo bag

Theater museum of puppetry and clown

Stained glass workshop “I Did It Myself”

Baguio | Philippines

Fooding experience

Local cuisine workshop

Sketching workshop in Barcelona

Creative writing workshop with Prips

«The mark of fire» pyrography on wood

Sining eskinita 

Maracatu raízes de pai adão 

Traditional music & dances experiences 

Creative workshops at the Bambouseraie

SUCCESS STORIES

Successful experiential press and fam trips!

Gabrovo Creative Tourissm: successful glass tangle festival

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

Djerba focuses on creative and sustainable tourism in Tunisia

Creative Tourism in the Llanquihue Lake (Chile)

Creative Tourism, awarded in the Medellín Product Show Contest

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

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

Barcelos inaugurates its House of Creativity

New Horizons: Gabrovo, between magic and traditions

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

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

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

Gabrovo Carnival, an International Cultural Landmark

The Îles de la Madeleine: a model of creative tourism

Les Îles de la Madeleine: un modèle de tourisme créatif

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

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

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