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

Salvador da Bahia, successful World Conference of Creative Tourism

NEW CreativeFriendlyDestinations Catalogue!

G20 : The Creative Tourism Network invited to share good practices!

Brazil: International Conference on Creative Tourism

Bahrain: Creative Tourism at the UN Tourism World Forum on Gastronomy Tourism

Salvador da Bahia leads the World Creative Tourism Awards!

Creative tourism: Charentes Region – France – receives the CreativeFriendlyDestination label

Webinar on UNTourismQuest Certification: an opportunity for DMOs:

UNESCO : Barcelos, world creative meeting-point

UN Tourism Congress: Andorra, Creative Destination for Mountain Tourism!

Fitur is committed to creative tourism – orange tourism

Salvador de Bahia (Brazil) awarded “World Best Creative Destination”

Successful experiential press and fam trips!

Philippines : Creative Tourism Congress

Successful International Conference on Culinary and Creative Tourism – Tunisia

Creative tourism seduces the WTM – London!

The CTN® wins prestigious Awards!

Creative tourism at the UNWTO World Gastronomic Tourism Forum

CREATIVE FRIENDLY DESTINATIONS

CREATIVE EXPERIENCES

Local cuisine workshop

Grapes of Roussillon in hand and mouth 

Barcelona | Spain

From alpaca breeding to knitting

Traditional dances workshop

Glass workshop in Gabrovo (Bulgaria)

Learn to cook in Biot’s communal wood oven (Provence, French Riviera)

Biot | France

Eco-Art atelier

Embroidery and weaving 

Medellín | Colombia

“Pélardon” cheese workshop

Oenological games

Wild picking and organic market gardening

Baguio | Philippines

Zabalartes-Old toys making workshop in Quito

Arts & Crafts markets

Breads of Barcelos creative city

Candle making workshops

Anduze | France

Learn at the ceramic school in La Bisbal

Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine (Magdalen Islands) | Quebec

Catalan cooking class

Silleteras farms

Cyanotype with Algarve Flora Elements

Regional Folk Dance Workshop 

Traditional music & dances experiences 

Sandcastle building workshop for kids

Grape harvesting at Quinta da Tôr

Pottery workshop at “La Maison du Potier” (The potter’s house)

Create your own soap

Traditional bulgarian dances and musics workshop in Gabrovo

Bakery for ritual breads

Aromalight workshops

Create textile pieces to enjoy traditional Catalan festivals in a sewing workshop

Raku ceramics craftsmanship

Bamboo cooking

Tours to enjoy street food

Barcelos pottery

Cooking workshops Colombian food

Modeling technique of a small stoneware piece 

Photowalk: Loulé Street Photography

Charentes | France

La Fille de la Mer – body cosmetics workshop

Loulé | Portugal

Algarve Cataplana

Glass blowing workshop at La Méduse

Photography workshop

Gourmande de nature – Culinary workshop

Antemoro papermaking in Madagascar

SUCCESS STORIES

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

UPERNOIR: the festival that celebrates black on the plate!

Gabrovo Creative Tourissm: successful glass tangle festival

The Îles de la Madeleine: a model of creative tourism

How to Spend 1 Day in the Empordanet: a Creative Itinerary

A Oficina de Turismo de La Bisbal d’Empordà ganha o Prémio Catalunha 2023 para a Inovação

Creative Tourism in the Llanquihue Lake (Chile)

Creative Tourism, awarded in the Medellín Product Show Contest

Barcelos inaugurates its House of Creativity

Quito expands its creative tourism offer through the experiential´Andes Road´

A Oficina de Turismo de La Bisbal d’Empordà ganha o Prémio Catalunha 2023 para a Inovação

Djerba focuses on creative and sustainable tourism in Tunisia

New Horizons: Gabrovo, between magic and traditions

The Tourist Board of La Bisbal d’Empordà wins the Innovation Award 2023 of Catalonia

La Cité des Électriciens (France) voted “Best Creative Lodging” by the Creative Tourism Awards

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

Gabrovo Humour Carnival

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

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

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:

INTERVIEWS

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

Dr Mervat Abdel-Nasser, New Hermopolis (Egypt)

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

Rupanjana De, Touriosity Travelmag

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

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

Marina Simião, Patchwork Methodology (Brazil)

Interview with Nicolas Monquaut (French Ministry of Culture)

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

Marijana Biondic, Crikvenica (Croatia)

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

La Tavola Marche (Italy)