CREATIVE TOURISM NETWORK®

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

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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

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

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

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

INTERVIEW: Talks on Sapporo, UNESCO City of Media Arts

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

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

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

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

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

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

Interview with Jingdezhen: Revitalizing a Ceramic Capital through Creative Tourism

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

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

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

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

Dr Mervat Abdel-Nasser, New Hermopolis (Egypt)

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

Marina Simião, Patchwork Methodology (Brazil)

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

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

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

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

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

Interview with Nicolas Monquaut (French Ministry of Culture)

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

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

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

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

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

CREATIVE EXPERIENCES

Barcelona | Spain

Cartoon drawing masterclass

Amulet Making in Thailand

Photographic Route in Loulé (Portugal)

Workshop for carnival masks

Arts & Crafts markets

Raku and pottery workshop at Show d’Boucane

Shape your Catalan art ceramics

Glass blowing workshop at La Méduse

Cultural struggles 

Baguio city creative forum 

From Market to Table

Molding the clay on the Potter’s Wheel

Working with palm leaves to make plaiters

Nabeul | Tunisia

Iron and derivates 

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

Forging a rough-forged knife

Limaçon – Stone-cutting workshop

Barcelos creative tourism for seniors

Coffee farms

Create your own soap

Grape harvesting at Quinta da Tôr

Bakery workshop in Saint Jean Port Joli

Grandma’s Cooking – Barcelona

Spinning and weaving of linen

Pottery workshop with Show d’Boucane 

Straw marquetry

Do It Your Frites

Recife is always carnival 

Traditional bulgarian dances and musics workshop in Gabrovo

Visit of a pottery workshop 

Brew your own beer!

Tour of Port of Spain infused with a taste of Trini

Bear cave printing 

Live the authentic Saint Vincent lifestyle with NatureFresh Adventures 

Hubs of creative makers

We’ve crochet café knitting workshop 

Glass workshop

Saint Honorat island wine tastings

Experiencing authentic Bajan life in Nzuri Eco Retreat (Barbados)

Photography workshops

Art-deco paper jewellery

San Antonio | Texas – U.S.A

Catalan cooking class

Modeling technique of a small stoneware piece 

Stonemason workshop 

National Museum Cebu

Baguio | Philippines

Catalan crafts

SUCCESS STORIES

“Barranquilla Recognized as the World’s Best Creative Destination by the Creative Tourism Network®, and Its Carnival Named the World’s Best Creative Event”!

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

Gabrovo Carnival, an International Cultural Landmark

Gabrovo Creative Tourissm: successful glass tangle festival

Creative Tourism, awarded in the Medellín Product Show Contest

Les Îles de la Madeleine: un modèle de tourisme créatif

Barcelos inaugurates its House of Creativity

The Îles de la Madeleine: a model of creative tourism

Successful experiential press and fam trips!

Creative Tourism in the Llanquihue Lake (Chile)

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

New Horizons: Gabrovo, between magic and traditions

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

Djerba focuses on creative and sustainable tourism in Tunisia

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

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

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

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:

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