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

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

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

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

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

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

Dr Mervat Abdel-Nasser, New Hermopolis (Egypt)

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

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 Yonka Bakardzhieva-Agalova – My Story Travel (Bulgaria)

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 / Angeliki Vasileiadou, Digital Marketing Manager, Nicosia Tourism Board

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

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

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

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

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

Marina Simião, Patchwork Methodology (Brazil)

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

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

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

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

INTERVIEW: Talks on Sapporo, UNESCO City of Media Arts

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

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

Interview with Nicolas Monquaut (French Ministry of Culture)

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

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

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

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

Interview with Jingdezhen: Revitalizing a Ceramic Capital through Creative Tourism

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

CREATIVE EXPERIENCES

A half-day in the world of weaving

Introduction to Western riding

Cardboard workshop in Loulé

Tour operator with Ecomapu 

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

Photowalk: Loulé Street Photography

Sculpture workshop

Illustration workshop with Calamina

Cebu | Philippines

Discover and taste Empordanet products 

Olive oil workshop

Create your own soap

Traditional catalan desserts

Candle making workshops

Marie Line’s Creative Workshop in Brouage

Aromalight workshops

Iloilo | Philippines

Performing tour 

A countryside experience

Molding the clay on the Potter’s Wheel

Come to Brasilia Teimosa 

Silk painting workshop

Guerreiros do passo

Carnival Experience in Trinidad & Tobago

Grape harvesting at Quinta da Tôr

Scented and Floral Vegetable Candle Making Workshop with Ombellessence

From Market to Table

Art-deco paper jewellery

Sfax-Kerkennah | Tunisia

Merit Creation in Thailand

Kingston | Jamaica

Writing with a goose feather

Charentes | France

Cannes | France

Making a Taleigo bag

Experiencing authentic culture in Trinidad & Tobago with Pure Lopino Tours

Glass blowing workshop at La Méduse

Oenological games

Tozeur | Tunisia

Introduction to creative techniques at the museum

Teimocidade 

Mind Lab crafts

Ceramics & other tailor-made crafts

Soap making with la fille de la mer 

Fooding experience

Watercolour workshop with Diane Boilard

Saint Honorat island wine tastings

Raku and pottery workshop at Show d’Boucane

Algarve Cataplana

Pottery workshops

SUCCESS STORIES

Gabrovo Creative Tourissm: successful glass tangle festival

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

Creative Tourism, awarded in the Medellín Product Show Contest

Barcelos inaugurates its House of Creativity

Gabrovo Carnival, an International Cultural Landmark

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.

Les Îles de la Madeleine: un modèle de tourisme créatif

Djerba focuses on creative and sustainable tourism in Tunisia

New Horizons: Gabrovo, between magic and traditions

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

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

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

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

The Îles de la Madeleine: a model of creative tourism

Creative Tourism in the Llanquihue Lake (Chile)

Successful experiential press and fam trips!

THEY TRUST US