CREATIVE TOURISM NETWORK®

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

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

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

Marina Simião, Patchwork Methodology (Brazil)

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

INTERVIEW: Talks on Sapporo, UNESCO City of Media Arts

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Dr Mervat Abdel-Nasser, New Hermopolis (Egypt)

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

Interview with Nicolas Monquaut (French Ministry of Culture)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 EXPERIENCES

Bakery for ritual breads

Olive oil workshop

Live the authentic Saint Vincent lifestyle with NatureFresh Adventures 

Shape your Catalan art ceramics

Scented candles workshops 

Photography workshop

Grandma’s Cooking – Barcelona

Stonemason workshop 

Catalan cooking class

Do It Your Frites

Traditional dances workshop

Modeling technique of a small stoneware piece 

Dive into a potter’s workshop

Barcelos | Portugal

Routes to hydrangea and orchid crops

Interactive DIY & upcylcing workshops

Haskap and permaculture

Thai Creative Art in Thailand

Raku and pottery workshop at Show d’Boucane

Raku ceramics craftsmanship

Caboclinho 7 flexas 

Catalan castellers

Routes through the Moravian hill

Routes through the Commune 13

Up Fab Lab 3D printing 

Barcelos chocolate experience

Mind Lab crafts

Loulé | Portugal

Ceramics & other tailor-made crafts

Gîte agrotouristique la Marie-Simonne

Sketching workshop in Barcelona

Culinary arts experiences 

Candle making workshops

Tasting and creation of crazy salts 

Creative Arts Workshops

Bakespace cooking workshop 

Glass blowing workshop at La Méduse

Painting, drawing, engraving workshop

Nabeul | Tunisia

Creative writing workshop with Prips

Print making with Casa Plan  

Fooding experience

Basketry and wicker 

My first pottery piece 

Scented and Floral Vegetable Candle Making Workshop with Ombellessence

Guerreiros do passo

A countryside experience

Braid making

Illustration workshop with Calamina

Creation of leather goods

SUCCESS STORIES

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:

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

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

Barcelos inaugura a Casa da Criatividade

Barcelos inaugura la sua Casa della Creatività

Barcelos inaugure sa Maison de la Créativité

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

Les Îles de la Madeleine: un modèle de tourisme créatif

Barcelos inaugurates its House of Creativity

Creative Tourism in the Llanquihue Lake (Chile)

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

Creative Tourism, awarded in the Medellín Product Show Contest

Barcelos inaugura la seva Casa de la Creativitat

Gabrovo Creative Tourissm: successful glass tangle festival

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

Successful experiential press and fam trips!

New Horizons: Gabrovo, between magic and traditions

Djerba focuses on creative and sustainable tourism in Tunisia

Barcelos inaugura su Casa de la Creatividad

The Îles de la Madeleine: a model of creative tourism

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

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