CREATIVE TOURISM NETWORK®

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

  • RESEARCH + DEVELOPMENT + INNOVATION (R+D+i)
    RESEARCH + DEVELOPMENT + INNOVATION (R+D+i)

NEWS

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

New Orleans Named World’s Best Creative Destination by the Creative Tourism Network®

CREATIVE FRIENDLY Destinations

INTERVIEWS

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

Marina Simião, Patchwork Methodology (Brazil)

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

Interview with Jingdezhen: Revitalizing a Ceramic Capital through Creative Tourism

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

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

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

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

Creative Tourism in Charentes (France) : Interview with Leather Artistry of FREYA, “Crafting the Soul of the Charentes”

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

Dr Mervat Abdel-Nasser, New Hermopolis (Egypt)

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

Interview with Nicolas Monquaut (French Ministry of Culture)

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

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

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

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

Creative Tourism in the Charentes Region (France) : Interview with Sarah Dupuis, ceramist “Shaping the Essence of the Charenes”

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

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

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

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)

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

INTERVIEW: Talks on Sapporo, UNESCO City of Media Arts

CREATIVE EXPERIENCES

Aromalight workshops

Maracatu raízes de pai adão 

Wines and vines experiences 

Mosaic workshop in Barcelona

Oyster Knife Making

La Fille de la Mer – body cosmetics workshop

Traditional weaving workshop

Limaçon – Stone-cutting workshop

Discover Cannes Honey

Eco-Art atelier

Stonemason workshop 

Recife tour & manguebeat story 

Barcelos imagery

A countryside experience

Ceramic workshop at the charming Emo Etar

Soap making with la fille de la mer 

Photography school

Photographic rally in Barcelona

Shape your Catalan art ceramics

Marie Line’s Creative Workshop in Brouage

Recife is always carnival 

Molding the clay on the Potter’s Wheel

Watercolour workshop with Diane Boilard

Wood carving workshops

Barcelos chocolate experience

Cultural struggles 

Introduction to Western riding

Ceramic workshop in Thailand

Local cuisine workshop

Caboclinho 7 flexas 

Culinary arts experiences 

Arts & Crafts markets

Creation of leather goods

Gourmande de nature – Culinary workshop

Cooking workshops Colombian food

Cévennes cooking workshop

Graphic audiovisual art with Perro Sur 

Candle making workshops

Algarve Cataplana

Olha! Recife

Charentes | France

Visit of wine estate Domaine Pautier

Pottery workshop with Show d’Boucane 

Snow sculpture in Saint Jean Port Joli – Québec

Creative workshops at the Bambouseraie

Visit Timis | Romania

Herbalism and summer care

Making a Taleigo bag

Online dance with Latoya

“Azulejos” tiles painting

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:

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

Creative Tourism, awarded in the Medellín Product Show Contest

Gabrovo Creative Tourissm: successful glass tangle festival

Creative Tourism in the Llanquihue Lake (Chile)

“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!

Djerba focuses on creative and sustainable tourism in Tunisia

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

Les Îles de la Madeleine: un modèle de tourisme créatif

New Horizons: Gabrovo, between magic and traditions

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

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

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

Gabrovo Carnival, an International Cultural Landmark

Barcelos inaugurates its House of Creativity

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:

THEY TRUST US