CREATIVE TOURISM NETWORK®

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

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 Nicolas Monquaut (French Ministry of Culture)

INTERVIEW: Talks on Sapporo, UNESCO City of Media Arts

Dr Mervat Abdel-Nasser, New Hermopolis (Egypt)

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

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

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

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 Dominic McDowell, Business Development Manager of Kingston, Creative City UNESCO

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

Marina Simião, Patchwork Methodology (Brazil)

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

Interview with Jingdezhen: Revitalizing a Ceramic Capital through Creative Tourism

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

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

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

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 Yonka Bakardzhieva-Agalova – My Story Travel (Bulgaria)

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

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

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

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

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 Charenes”

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

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

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)

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

CREATIVE EXPERIENCES

Spinning and weaving of linen

Cévennes cooking workshop

Barcelos imagery

Sining eskinita 

We’ve crochet café knitting workshop 

«The mark of fire» pyrography on wood

Empordà-style decoration workshop

Gourmande de nature – Culinary workshop

Bakespace cooking workshop 

Arts & Craft Tour in Nevis

Beeswax candles

Barcelona | Spain

Workshop Art and Creativity / Writing Art-Nature at Nicole Gravel Workshop & Gallery

Recife is always carnival 

Local cuisine workshop

Discover ceramic modeling

Design your own perfumes

Cultural struggles 

Regional Folk Dance Workshop 

Fooding experience

Fig Trilogy

Street art with VSA tour 

Saint Honorat island wine tastings

Herbalism and summer care

Perpignan-Méditerranée | France

Cannes | France

Pottery workshop

Paint Barcelos’ iconic rooster!

Arts & Crafts markets

Cooking class: your own bulgarian specialities

Iron and derivates 

From alpaca breeding to knitting

Pottery with Quincha Quintil

Theater museum of puppetry and clown

Barcelos creative tourism for seniors

Miel en mer – beeswax candle making workshop

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

Traditional catalan desserts

Pottery workshops

Hubs of creative makers

Sew a Taleigo bag in Loulé

Barcelos | Portugal

From grain to bread 

Kaïros, the Gallery of Bowls (Charentes, France)

Ceramic, drawing & jewelry workshop with Sanaa Studio 

Botanical printing

Sketching workshop in Barcelona

Tour operator with Ecomapu 

Amulet Making in Thailand

Basketry and wicker 

SUCCESS STORIES

Djerba focuses on creative and sustainable tourism in Tunisia

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

The Îles de la Madeleine: a model of creative tourism

New Horizons: Gabrovo, between magic and traditions

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

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

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

Successful experiential press and fam trips!

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

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

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

Creative Tourism, awarded in the Medellín Product Show Contest

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

Creative Tourism in the Llanquihue Lake (Chile)

Gabrovo Carnival, an International Cultural Landmark

Les Îles de la Madeleine: un modèle de tourisme créatif

Gabrovo Creative Tourissm: successful glass tangle festival

Barcelos inaugurates its House of Creativity

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

THEY TRUST US