Welcome

Tourism Resource Consultants (TRC) offers consulting services in tourism planning, conservation and development. TRC works throughout Asia, the Pacific and Latin America, as well as New Zealand. We work with international donor agencies, central and local government, private companies, NGOs, indigenous and other community groups. Our experience spans over 30 years in tourism, national parks and conservation area management, strategic and site based planning, market analysis, training and business advice.

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Ross Corbett working with local tourism operators in Tonga

Our Services
TRC offers a range of services, from planning and business advice to training, feasibility studies, marketing and resource assessments.

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A TRC team prepares for a village meeting in Gunung Rinjani National Park, Lombok, Indonesia

Our Team
TRC has a specialist team at hand to offer tailored advice for your next project.

Come and meet the team.

Lisa Choegyal visits a village handicrafts project near Lumbini, Nepal

Projects
To read more about projects we have been involved in over the last 22 years, please select a region below...

Current Projects

Here is a sample of the interesting projects our team is currently involved in:

Preparing a Visitor Strategy for South Australia's national parks, reserves and trails for the Department of Environment and Heritage
Preparing the Iskandar Malaysia Tourism Cluster Development Strategy
Undertaking various strategic development plans for important conservation and tourism sites managed by New Zealand's Department of Conservation
Providing strategic advice for New Zealand's Ministry of Tourism on the value of key international markets

29 May 2009

Current News

Official opening of TRC Viet Nam Office. Tuesday night saw the official opening of our Viet Nam Office in Ha Noi. More than 90 clients, friends and staff joined us to celebrate this exciting occasion.
The office was formally opened by New Zealand’s Ambassador to Viet Nam, Dr. James Kember; the Vice Chairman of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Viet Nam, Nguyen Manh Cuong; and TRC’s Managing Director, Ross Corbett.
Dave Bamford, who is country director for TRC Viet Nam, commented from Ha Noi “Viet Nam has considerable opportunities for the NZ consultancy sector. The tourism sector in Viet Nam, like much of SE Asia is expanding rapidly and has a strong interest in sustainable tourism practices. TRC plans to service this demand.” For more on the opening, including photos, click here.

STAR in Wellington and Marlborough. TRC has been contracted to carry out both Wellington and Marlborough's Sustainable Tourism Advisers in Regions (STAR) programme, on behalf of Positively Wellington Tourism and Destination Marlborough. STAR is intended to help operators who recognise the value of improving their sustainable business performance, but need help to identify and implement appropriate actions. To find out more about STAR in Wellington and Marlborough, click here (PDF 504KB)

Newsletter. Download TRC's 2008 newsletter here (PDF 1.4MB)