astrotourism
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Astrotourism is travel to view the night sky and experience celestial events such as eclipses. A closely related concept is dark sky tourism, which involves travel to places with little light pollution. The practice gained popularity following the 2024 total solar eclipse over North America.
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Vinony's link graph records 337 inbound references to astrotourism, and connects out to tourism, Sun and astronomy.
It is catalogued under topics including Astronomy and Types of tourism.
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Astrotourism is travel to view the night sky and experience celestial events such as eclipses. A closely related concept is dark sky tourism, which involves travel to places with little light pollution. The practice gained popularity following the 2024 total solar eclipse over North America.
== History == The concept of travelling to view celestial events extends back to early astronomical observations. Ancient civilizations constructed astronomical monuments that attracted visitors, with sites like Stonehenge serving both ceremonial and astronomical purposes that continue to draw tourists.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “astrotourism” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.