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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Interview with Nicolas Monquaut (French Ministry of Culture)

Dr Mervat Abdel-Nasser, New Hermopolis (Egypt)

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

Interview with Jingdezhen: Revitalizing a Ceramic Capital through Creative Tourism

INTERVIEW: Talks on Sapporo, UNESCO City of Media Arts

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

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

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

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

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

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

Entrevista amb Daniela Nikolova, Cap del Centre d’Informació Turística de l’Ajuntament de Gabrovo

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

Marina Simião, Patchwork Methodology (Brazil)

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

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

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

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

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

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

CREATIVE EXPERIENCES

Haskap and permaculture

Lantern Making in Thailand

Ceramic with la Maison du Potier 

Visit of wine estate Domaine Pautier

Cultural struggles 

Silleteras farms

Spinning and weaving of linen

Survival day: return to -450,000 years

Glass workshop

Creative workshops at the Bambouseraie

Painting, drawing, engraving workshop

Baguio city creative forum 

Djerba | Tunisia

Glass workshop in Gabrovo (Bulgaria)

Sandcastle building workshop for kids

Creation of leather goods

Barcelos chocolate experience

Wood crafting workshop

Gabrovo | Bulgaria

Raku and pottery workshop at Show d’Boucane

Saint Honorat island wine tastings

Discover and taste Empordanet products 

Cooking class: your own bulgarian specialities

Cooking Workshop & Spirulina 

Iloilo | Philippines

Raku ceramics craftsmanship

Cebu making space creative workshops

Introduction to creative techniques at the museum

Basketry and wicker 

Catalan crafts

A half-day in the world of weaving

La Fille de la Mer – body cosmetics workshop

Photographic Route in Loulé (Portugal)

Barcelos imagery

Tasting and creation of crazy salts 

Creative Arts Workshops

Cooking workshops

Cévennes cooking workshop

Merit Creation in Thailand

Experiencing authentic Bajan life in Nzuri Eco Retreat (Barbados)

Guided tour to a curds workshop 

Cartoon drawing masterclass

Carnival Experience in Trinidad & Tobago

Beeswax candles

Coffee workshop with Taller Cafe

Mind Lab crafts

Kite making workshops for kids 

Perpignan-Méditerranée | France

Experiencing authentic culture in Trinidad & Tobago with Pure Lopino Tours

Wood Carving Workshop

SUCCESS STORIES

Barcelos inaugurates its House of Creativity

Djerba focuses on creative and sustainable tourism in Tunisia

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

Barcelos inaugure sa Maison de la Créativité

Barcelos inaugura su Casa de la Creatividad

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

Creative Tourism in the Llanquihue Lake (Chile)

Barcelos inaugura la seva Casa de la Creativitat

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

Successful experiential press and fam trips!

Les Îles de la Madeleine: un modèle de tourisme créatif

Creative Tourism, awarded in the Medellín Product Show Contest

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:

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

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

Barcelos inaugura a Casa da Criatividade

New Horizons: Gabrovo, between magic and traditions

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

Barcelos inaugura la sua Casa della Creatività

The Îles de la Madeleine: a model of creative tourism

THEY TRUST US