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

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

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

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

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

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

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

INTERVIEW: Talks on Sapporo, UNESCO City of Media Arts

Interview with Jingdezhen: Revitalizing a Ceramic Capital through Creative Tourism

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

Interview with Nicolas Monquaut (French Ministry of Culture)

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

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

Dr Mervat Abdel-Nasser, New Hermopolis (Egypt)

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

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

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

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

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

Entretien / Alyssa Phares, Directrice Exécutive de Paducah (États-Unis), de Ville Créative de l’UNESCO au tourisme créatif

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

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

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

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

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

Marina Simião, Patchwork Methodology (Brazil)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

CREATIVE EXPERIENCES

Bamboo Weaving in Thailand

Tour of Port of Spain infused with a taste of Trini

Pottery workshop with Show d’Boucane 

Photography workshops

Regional Folk Dance Workshop 

Creative writing workshop with Prips

Snow sculpture in Saint Jean Port Joli – Québec

Recife is always carnival 

Online dance with Latoya

Cooking Workshop & Spirulina 

Workshop for carnival masks

Catalan cooking class

A countryside experience

Raku ceramics craftsmanship

Learn at the ceramic school in La Bisbal

Cyanotype with Algarve Flora Elements

Eco-Art atelier

Soap making with la fille de la mer 

Nagô ancestrality popular culture 

Traditional Weaving in Thailand

Experiencing authentic culture in Trinidad & Tobago with Pure Lopino Tours

Pottery with Quincha Quintil

Street art with VSA tour 

Sew a Taleigo bag in Loulé

Tour operator with Ecomapu 

Aromalight workshops

Photographic rally in Barcelona

Traditional bulgarian dances and musics workshop in Gabrovo

Catalan wine tasting

A half-day in the world of weaving

Cooking workshops Colombian food

Goat’s hair processing

Olha! Recife

Stained glass workshop “I Did It Myself”

Routes to hydrangea and orchid crops

Wood Carving Workshop

Live the authentic Saint Vincent lifestyle with NatureFresh Adventures 

Grapes of Roussillon in hand and mouth 

Wood carving workshops

Introduction to creative techniques at the museum

Fooding experience

Guided tour to a curds workshop 

National Museum Cebu

Silk painting workshop

Empordanet | Catalonia

My first pottery piece 

Modeling technique of a small stoneware piece 

Cooking class: your own bulgarian specialities

Discover ceramic modeling

Art-deco paper jewellery

SUCCESS STORIES

Gabrovo Creative Tourissm: successful glass tangle festival

Barcelos inaugurates its House of Creativity

Successful experiential press and fam trips!

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:

Creative Tourism, awarded in the Medellín Product Show Contest

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

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

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 la sua Casa della Creatività

Djerba focuses on creative and sustainable tourism in Tunisia

Barcelos inaugura a Casa da Criatividade

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

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)

Barcelos inaugura su Casa de la Creatividad

Barcelos inaugure sa Maison de la Créativité

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:

Les Îles de la Madeleine: un modèle de tourisme créatif

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