CREATIVE TOURISM NETWORK®

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

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    SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Dr Mervat Abdel-Nasser, New Hermopolis (Egypt)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Marina Simião, Patchwork Methodology (Brazil)

Interview with Jingdezhen: Revitalizing a Ceramic Capital through Creative Tourism

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

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

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

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

INTERVIEW: Talks on Sapporo, UNESCO City of Media Arts

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

CREATIVE EXPERIENCES

Wines and vines experiences 

Arts & Craft Tour in Nevis

Dive into a potter’s workshop

Barcelos creative tourism for seniors

Kingston | Jamaica

Making a Taleigo bag

Iron and derivates 

Glass workshop in Gabrovo (Bulgaria)

Spinning and weaving of linen

Traditional dances workshop

Cooking Workshop & Spirulina 

Around Louvre-Lens | France

Ceramic with la Maison du Potier 

Photography workshop

Marie Line’s Creative Workshop in Brouage

Aromalight workshops

Guided tour to a curds workshop 

Sfax-Kerkennah | Tunisia

Create your own Sukhothai pattern in Thaïland

Print making with Casa Plan  

Gabrovo | Bulgaria

Cebu | Philippines

Do It Your Frites

Catalan castellers

Learn at the ceramic school in La Bisbal

Hand spinning workshop

Herbalism and summer care

Traditional music & dances experiences 

Creative Arts Workshops

Discover Cannes Honey

Bamboo cooking

Cebu making space creative workshops

Mosaic workshop in Barcelona

Wool & felt workshop with Miel de Oveja

Regional Folk Dance Workshop 

Wood Carving Workshop

Wood carving workshops

Cosmetic workshop

Recife is always carnival 

We’ve crochet café knitting workshop 

Aromalight workshops

Scented and Floral Vegetable Candle Making Workshop with Ombellessence

Bakery workshop in Saint Jean Port Joli

Grenada Cocoa & Spices Health and Wellness Tour

Mind Lab crafts

Visit Timis | Romania

Creative walks

Christmas ornament blowing workshop

Hubs of creative makers

Recife | Brazil

SUCCESS STORIES

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

Les Îles de la Madeleine: un modèle de tourisme créatif

Gabrovo Creative Tourissm: successful glass tangle festival

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

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?

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)

Successful experiential press and fam trips!

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

Djerba focuses on creative and sustainable tourism in Tunisia

Gabrovo Carnival, an International Cultural Landmark

Barcelos inaugurates its House of Creativity

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

The Îles de la Madeleine: a model of creative tourism

New Horizons: Gabrovo, between magic and traditions

THEY TRUST US