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

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

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

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

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

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

Marina Simião, Patchwork Methodology (Brazil)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

INTERVIEW: Talks on Sapporo, UNESCO City of Media Arts

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

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

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

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

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

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 Luis Rodrigo Teixeira, Focal Point of the City of Belém do Pará, Creative City of Gastronomy – 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)

Interview with Nicolas Monquaut (French Ministry of Culture)

Interview with Jingdezhen: Revitalizing a Ceramic Capital through Creative Tourism

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

CREATIVE EXPERIENCES

Visit of a pottery workshop 

Glass workshop in Gabrovo (Bulgaria)

Barcelos creative tourism for seniors

Stonemason workshop 

Making adornments from wool

Ceramic workshop in Thailand

Visit our artist studios

Raku and pottery workshop at Show d’Boucane

Graphic audiovisual art with Perro Sur 

Discover ceramic modeling

Cebu making space creative workshops

Baguio | Philippines

Modeling technique of a small stoneware piece 

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

Sandcastle building workshop for kids

Cartoon drawing masterclass

Ceramic, drawing & jewelry workshop with Sanaa Studio 

Cooking Workshop & Spirulina 

Routes through the Moravian hill

Bakery workshop in Saint Jean Port Joli

Charentes | France

Raku ceramics craftsmanship

Routes through the Commune 13

Oyster Knife Making

Design your own perfumes

Iloilo | Philippines

Pottery workshop

Gabrovo | Bulgaria

Visit a farmhouse around sheeps

Cooking workshops

Discover and taste Empordanet products 

“Pélardon” cheese workshop

Live the authentic Saint Vincent lifestyle with NatureFresh Adventures 

Mosaic workshop in Barcelona

Guided tour to a curds workshop 

Traditional bulgarian dances and musics workshop in Gabrovo

Kite making workshops for kids 

Photographic Route in Loulé (Portugal)

Introduction to creative techniques at the museum

From Market to Table

Cyanotype with Algarve Flora Elements

Wood Carving Workshop

Hubs of creative makers

Loulé | Portugal

Gîte agrotouristique la Marie-Simonne

Perpignan-Méditerranée | France

Pottery workshops

Traditional Weaving in Thailand

National Museum Cebu

Barcelona | Spain

SUCCESS STORIES

Les Îles de la Madeleine: un modèle de tourisme créatif

Creative Tourism in the Llanquihue Lake (Chile)

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

The Îles de la Madeleine: a model of creative tourism

Barcelos inaugure sa Maison de la Créativité

Djerba focuses on creative and sustainable tourism in Tunisia

New Horizons: Gabrovo, between magic and traditions

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

Barcelos inaugurates its House of Creativity

Barcelos inaugura su Casa de la Creatividad

Successful experiential press and fam trips!

Barcelos inaugura la seva Casa de la Creativitat

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

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

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

Barcelos inaugura la sua Casa della Creatività

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 a Casa da Criatividade

THEY TRUST US