About Us

Small Planet Consulting provides advice on tourism development, management and marketing to governments, development agencies, NGOs, communities and indigenous governments and groups.  We specialise in sustainable tourism and our key interest is tourism that provides host communities with sustainable long-term economic and benefits while protecting in their natural and cultural heritage.

SPC’s services include the preparation of tourism master plans, tourism policies, product inventory and assessment, market research and assessment, strategic planning, marketing strategies and implementation plans and business plans.

SPC has wide ranging experience in speciality niche tourism including indigenous, nature, culture, community-based, horticultural and agricultural tourism. We also have extensive experience in market and business planning for attractions including museums, interpretive centres, cultural centres and nature centres. Our professional background includes extensive experience in the retail travel and wholesale tours sectors, and we assist destinations and businesses to market to the speciality niche tourism travel trade.

Our project portfolio reaches from Canada to the Caribbean, U.S., Central America, South America, and Asia.   Our clients include the Department of Canadian Heritage, Industry Canada, Destination BC, Government of BC, City of Vancouver, City of North Vancouver, The International Ecotourism Society, Organization of American States, U.S. Agency for International Development, Canadian International Development Agency, Aboriginal Tourism Canada and Aboriginal Tourism Association of British Columbia.