CREATIVE TOURISM NETWORK®

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

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NEWS

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

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 FRIENDLY Destinations

INTERVIEWS

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

Marina Simião, Patchwork Methodology (Brazil)

Interview with Nicolas Monquaut (French Ministry of Culture)

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

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

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

INTERVIEW: Talks on Sapporo, UNESCO City of Media Arts

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

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

Dr Mervat Abdel-Nasser, New Hermopolis (Egypt)

CREATIVE EXPERIENCES

Thai Creative Art in Thailand

Make your own marbled papers

Ecological farm visit

Create your own Sukhothai pattern in Thaïland

Maracatu raízes de pai adão 

Barcelona | Spain

Routes to hydrangea and orchid crops

Gabrovo | Bulgaria

Snow sculpture in Saint Jean Port Joli – Québec

Paint the galo de Barcelos

Recife | Brazil

Barcelos chocolate experience

Visit a farmhouse around sheeps

Sining eskinita 

Grandma’s Cooking – Barcelona

Discover ceramic modeling

Candle making workshops

Working with palm leaves to make plaiters

Aromalight workshops

Grapes of Roussillon in hand and mouth 

Basketry and wicker 

Cosmetic workshop

Writing with a goose feather

Painting and wine workshops

Arts & Crafts markets

Kite making workshops for kids 

From Market to Table

Glass workshop

Molding the clay on the Potter’s Wheel

Visit our artist studios

Up Fab Lab 3D printing 

National Museum Cebu

Miel en mer – beeswax candle making workshop

Photographic Route in Loulé (Portugal)

Wood carving workshops

Hubs of creative makers

Modeling technique of a small stoneware piece 

Ceramic workshop at the charming Emo Etar

Crazy about the Caribbean Kids Workshop

Fooding experience

Bakespace cooking workshop 

Tam-Awan village art workshops 

Travel sketchbook

“Pélardon” cheese workshop

A countryside experience

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

Experiencing authentic culture in Trinidad & Tobago with Pure Lopino Tours

Barcelos imagery

Create your own soap

Saint-Jean-Port-Joli | Quebec

SUCCESS STORIES

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

Creative Tourism in the Llanquihue Lake (Chile)

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

New Horizons: Gabrovo, between magic and traditions

Les Îles de la Madeleine: un modèle de tourisme créatif

Djerba focuses on creative and sustainable tourism in Tunisia

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

Gabrovo Creative Tourissm: successful glass tangle festival

Gabrovo Carnival, an International Cultural Landmark

Creative Tourism, awarded in the Medellín Product Show Contest

Successful experiential press and fam trips!

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

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.

The Îles de la Madeleine: a model of creative tourism

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

Barcelos inaugurates its House of Creativity

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