About
Tourism Resource Consultants
TRC’s Credentials
New Zealand’s priceless heritage of protected areas, mountains,
forests, scenic lakes, beaches, cultural landscapes, and historic
places are the basis of its tourism industry. These resources underpin
the country’s reputation as a premier outdoor recreation and
adventure destination.
For decades, New Zealand has been managing and developing tourism
associated with its natural and cultural resources, finding practical
solutions to the challenges and complexities this presents.
Since it was established in 1986, Tourism Resource Consultants (TRC)
has adapted New Zealand’s experience in this field to a range
of specialist consulting services. From its beginning TRC has specialised
at the interface of tourism and conservation, holding to an ideal
of responsible tourism operating in harmony with environmental,
cultural and social objectives. In the late 1980s, the term ‘ecotourism’
was invented to describe this field. Recently, in line with the
global focus on poverty, TRC’s projects in the Asia Pacific
region have helped pioneer the careful use of ecotourism as a tool
for development and social change.
TRC’s international networks of clients, contacts and associates
span all aspects of public and private sector involvement in tourism,
resource management and development. TRC’s pragmatic problem-solving,
partnership-fostering approach has won major awards and praise from
a wide range of clients throughout the Asia Pacific region and beyond.
Despite its expansion over the years, TRC remains as a specialist
consulting firm offering individually tailored services to its clients.
TRC’s Team
TRC is based in Wellington, New Zealand. Over the years, satellite
offices have been established in places such as Kota Kinabalu, Kathmandu,
Kuching, Mataram, and Manila. TRC is privately owned. The firm was founded in 1986 and there are three company directors, Les Clark, Dave Bamford and Ross Corbett. They lead a core team of full time professional staff
who are routinely joined by a select group of regular associates.
These associates are specialist consultants with a track record
in their field who choose to be associated with TRC for their consulting
work.
TRC is proud to have this strong, consistent base of expertise on
which to draw. The cooperative atmosphere amongst TRC’s
regular associates not only strengthens the firm but also contributes
to the positive and creative environment that TRC likes to develop
in its teams and with project stakeholders. Clients are included
as part of the team where possible. Project teams mobilised by TRC
have a reputation for straightforward professionalism and integrated
results.
TRC’s Clients
TRC’s clients are from the private and public sectors of tourism,
resource management and planning agencies, conservation agencies,
and development organisations ranging from development banks to
NGOs. The common thread is that they are people concerned about
managing resources associated with tourism and outdoor recreation,
improving government systems, creating facilities and attractions,
marketing products, helping communities to develop, or in other
ways striving for a sustainable future involving visitors in natural
and cultural settings.
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