Mumbai, popularly known as the city of dreams and Hyderabad known as the city of pearls have got the rare distinction to be included in the UNESCO list of Creative City tag. While Mumbai was designated as the creative city of film, Hyderabad has been listed as the creative city of gastronomy.
Apart from these two cities, Chennai and Jaipur also figures in the Creative City list in Music, and craft and folk arts respectively. UNESCO has come up with the creative city list on the World Cities day.
With joining the creative cities network, the cities are committed to share their practises and also developing partnerships. This has been envisaged for strengthening creation and dissemination of cultural activities. They also have to develop hubs of innovation and creativity. Apart from this, they should also broaden opportunities for professionals and creators in the field of culture.
UNESCO has given the creative tag to 66 cities
GASTRONOMY
Afyonkarahisar (Turkey
Yangzhou (China)
Arequipa (Peru_
Belo Horizonte (Brazil)
Bendigo (Australia)
Bergamo (Italy)
Hyderabad (India)
Mérida (Mexico)
Overstrand Hermanus (South Africa)
Portoviejo (Ecuador)
MUSIC
Ambon (Indonesia)
Havana (Cuba)
Kazan (Russian Federation)
Kırşehir (Turkey)
Leiria (Portugal)
Lliria (Spain)
Metz (France)
Essaouira (Morocco)
Ramallah (Palestine)
Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago)
Sanandaj (Iran [Islamic Republic of])
Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic)
Valledupar (Colombia)
Valparaíso (Chile)
Veszprém (Hungary)
Valledupar (Colombia)
Valparaíso (Chile)
Veszprém (Hungary)
Vranje (Serbia)
LITERATURE
Angoulême (France)
Beirut (Lebanon)
Exeter (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
Kuhmo (Finland)
Lahore (Pakistan)
Leeuwarden (Netherlands)
Nanjing (China)
Odessa (Ukraine
Slemani (Iraq)
Wonju (Republic of Korea)
Wrocław (Poland
Crafts and Folk Art
Areguá (Paraguay)
Ayacucho (Peru)
Ballarat (Australia)
Bandar Abbas (Iran [Islamic Republic of])
Biella (Italy)
Caldas da Rainha (Portugal)
Jinju (Republic of Korea)
Kargopol (Russian Federation)
Sharjah (United Arab Emirates)
Sukhothai (Thailand)
Trinidad (Cuba)
Viljandi (Estonia)
Design
Asahikawa (Japan)
Baku (Azerbaijan)
Bangkok (Thailand)
Cebu City (Philippines)
Fortaleza (Brazil
Hanoi (Vietnam)
Muharraq (Bahrain)
Querétaro (Mexico)
San José (Costa Rica)
Media Arts
Karlsruhe (Germany)
Santiago de Cali (Colombia)
Viborg (Denmark)
Film
Mumbai
Potsdam (Germany)
Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Valladolid (Spain)
Wellington (New Zealand)
