CREATIVE TOURISM NETWORK®

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

NEWS

Creative Tourism among the Innovative Solutions Featured at TIS Seville 2026

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

CREATIVE FRIENDLY Destinations

INTERVIEWS

Marina Simião, Patchwork Methodology (Brazil)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Creative Tourism in the Charentes Region (France): Interview with Elisa Valinejad, Founder of Moulin sous la Vergne :

Dr Mervat Abdel-Nasser, New Hermopolis (Egypt)

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

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

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

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

Interview with Nicolas Monquaut (French Ministry of Culture)

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

INTERVIEW: Talks on Sapporo, UNESCO City of Media Arts

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

Interview with Jingdezhen: Revitalizing a Ceramic Capital through Creative Tourism

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

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 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)

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

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

Creative Tourism in Charentes (France): Interview with Jean‑Louis Laboissière, Les Hauts de Talmont: A Creative Wine Experience in Charentes (France)

Creative Tourism in Charentes (France): Interview with Séverine Fauvel / @Mon Tendre Atelier

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

CREATIVE EXPERIENCES

Bamboo cooking

Gourmande de nature – Culinary workshop

Merit Creation in Thailand

“Come Leh We Go to Tobago” – Patriotic T&T

Basketry and wicker 

Pottery workshop

Sculpture workshop

Working with palm leaves to make plaiters

Ceramic workshop in Thailand

Interactive DIY & upcylcing workshops

Wood crafting workshop

Oenological games

Hand spinning workshop

Snow sculpture in Saint Jean Port Joli – Québec

Christmas ornament blowing workshop

Bakery for ritual breads

Grenada Cocoa & Spices Health and Wellness Tour

Illustration workshop with Calamina

Visit a farmhouse around sheeps

Limaçon – Stone-cutting workshop

Wild picking and organic market gardening

Braid making

Recife | Brazil

Visit of a pottery workshop 

Photography workshops

Performing tour 

Photography workshop

Iron and derivates 

Experiencing authentic Bajan life in Nzuri Eco Retreat (Barbados)

Traditional music & dances experiences 

Guerreiros do passo

Spinning and weaving of linen

Step into the soul of Belize through hands-on cultural immersion

Saint Honorat island wine tastings

Pottery with Quincha Quintil

Traditional weaving workshop

Writing with a goose feather

Creative leather workshop: design your own custom bag, jewelry or coin purse!

National Museum Cebu

Creation of leather goods

Live the authentic Saint Vincent lifestyle with NatureFresh Adventures 

Miel en mer – beeswax candle making workshop

Stained glass workshop “I Did It Myself”

Introduction to pottery wheel

Bamboo Weaving in Thailand

Cebu | Philippines

Gîte agrotouristique la Marie-Simonne

Cosmetic workshop

Grapes of Roussillon in hand and mouth 

Recife tour & manguebeat story 

SUCCESS STORIES

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

Les Îles de la Madeleine: un modèle de tourisme créatif

New Horizons: Gabrovo, between magic and traditions

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

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

Creative Tourism, awarded in the Medellín Product Show Contest

Gabrovo Carnival, an International Cultural Landmark

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:

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

Djerba focuses on creative and sustainable tourism in Tunisia

La Ruta Culinaria de Túnez celebra el Día Mundial del Turismo mostrando las experiencias creadas por sus embajadores locales.

“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!

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

Barcelos inaugurates its House of Creativity

Gabrovo Creative Tourissm: successful glass tangle festival

Creative Tourism in the Llanquihue Lake (Chile)

The Îles de la Madeleine: a model of creative tourism

THEY TRUST US