Rhode Island Commerce Corporation

Buyer seeks professional services to create a statewide Destination Stewardship Plan for Rhode Island. The plan will advance responsible tourism that fuels economic vitality while enhancing quality of life for residents. The project includes conducting a destination assessment, developing a stewardship plan, and creating progress measurement metrics. Buyer aims to address social, economic, transportation, and environmental impacts of tourism through collaborative governance and sustainable practices.

• 6/18/2025 - Question submission deadline
• 6/23/2025 - Answers posted
• 7/2/2025 - Proposal Due Date
• 10/15/2025 - Project completion deadline

• Minimum four years experience working in sustainability, stewardship, transportation, or destination management
• Minimum four years experience creating strategic plans with effective measurements

• Conduct comprehensive destination assessment evaluating tourism impacts
• Engage diverse stakeholders including residents, visitors, and industry leaders
• Analyze transportation infrastructure and develop improvement solutions
• Identify environmental risks and opportunities for sustainable tourism
• Develop economic impact analysis and growth potential
• Create social wellbeing indicators for residents and visitors
• Develop destination stewardship plan with 3-5 year action steps
• Create key performance indicators for measuring plan progress
• Facilitate community input sessions to gain buy-in
• Define strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats
• Integrate diversity, equity, and inclusion into planning process
• Examine current planning initiatives and master plans
• Assess cultural heritage opportunities and challenges
• Identify strategies for responsible visitor management
• Develop collaborative governance model for tourism stakeholders
• Analyze lodging capacity and tourism infrastructure needs
• Create progress measurement metrics across economic, environmental, social impacts
• Determine appropriate tourism capacity limits
• Balance needs between residents and visitors
• Safeguard natural resources while enhancing recreational opportunities