full-day tours and include city walking tours, culinary tours, historical and cultural tours, cycling tours, eco-tourism adventure tours, boat tours and shore excursions for cruise ship passengers. All tours are private. By putting travelers into direct contact with independent local guides, ToursByLocals promotes an ethical model of tourism, ensuring traveler dollars go directly to local communities.

ToursByLocals is based out of Vancouver, Canada and was founded by Paul Melhus and Dave Vincent.