CREATIVE TOURISM NETWORK®

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

  • RESEARCH + DEVELOPMENT + INNOVATION (R+D+i)

    RESEARCH + DEVELOPMENT + INNOVATION (R+D+i)

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

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

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

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 Yonka Bakardzhieva-Agalova – My Story Travel (Bulgaria)

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

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

Interview with Nicolas Monquaut (French Ministry of Culture)

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

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

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

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

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

Interview with Jingdezhen: Revitalizing a Ceramic Capital through Creative Tourism

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

Dr Mervat Abdel-Nasser, New Hermopolis (Egypt)

INTERVIEW: Talks on Sapporo, UNESCO City of Media Arts

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Intervista con Daniela Nikolova, Responsabile del Centro Informazioni Turistiche del Comune di Gabrovo

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Marina Simião, Patchwork Methodology (Brazil)

Entrevista amb Daniela Nikolova, Cap del Centre d’Informació Turística de l’Ajuntament de Gabrovo

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

CREATIVE EXPERIENCES

Tozeur | Tunisia

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

Marie Line’s Creative Workshop in Brouage

A half-day in the world of weaving

Bumi & Ashe pottery

Olive oil workshop

Culinary arts experiences 

Charentes | France

Survival day: return to -450,000 years

Grenada Cocoa & Spices Health and Wellness Tour

Fooding experience

Baguio city creative forum 

Cooking workshops Colombian food

Limaçon – Stone-cutting workshop

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

Theater museum of puppetry and clown

Tour operator with Ecomapu 

Maracatu raízes de pai adão 

Breads of Barcelos creative city

Saint-Jean-Port-Joli | Quebec

Haskap and permaculture

Bamboo Weaving in Thailand

Illustration workshop with Calamina

“Pélardon” cheese workshop

Create your own soap

Aromalight workshops

La Fille de la Mer – body cosmetics workshop

Cultural struggles 

Candle making workshops

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

Sew a Taleigo bag in Loulé

Visit a farmhouse around sheeps

Local cuisine workshop

Graphic audiovisual art with Perro Sur 

Stained glass workshop “I Did It Myself”

Nabeul | Tunisia

Silk painting workshop

Perpignan-Méditerranée | France

Barcelos creative tourism for seniors

Make your own marbled papers

Creative Arts Workshops

Oenological games

Cooking workshops

Introduction to Western riding

Photography workshops

Visit of a pottery workshop 

Street art with VSA tour 

Step into the soul of Belize through hands-on cultural immersion

Wines and vines experiences 

Amulet Making in Thailand

SUCCESS STORIES

The Îles de la Madeleine: a model of creative tourism

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

Barcelos inaugurates its House of Creativity

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

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

Barcelos inaugura la seva Casa de la Creativitat

Barcelos inaugura su Casa de la Creatividad

Creative Tourism in the Llanquihue Lake (Chile)

Successful experiential press and fam trips!

Barcelos inaugura la sua Casa della Creatività

New Horizons: Gabrovo, between magic and traditions

Barcelos inaugura a Casa da Criatividade

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

Barcelos inaugure sa Maison de la Créativité

Djerba focuses on creative and sustainable tourism in Tunisia

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:

Creative Tourism, awarded in the Medellín Product Show Contest

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

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

Les Îles de la Madeleine: un modèle de tourisme créatif

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

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