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Astronomy and clean skies
Tourism, one of the most important and innovative activities on our planet, could act as the vector of a new alliance for promoting the quality of night sky. The sight of a clear sky is an asset for the development of specific products geared towards scientific or “knowledge tourism”, but it is also a frequently forgotten attraction influencing the quality of a tourist destination as an additional scenic element. At times, the starry sky forms part of the very essence of the tourism product, such as in the case of observations of the Northern Lights, the multitude of sailing holidays featuring navigation by the stars, some pilgrimage routes, or the innovative visions offered by desert tourism.
The firmament, as a scenario for tourism in modern times, has been present as a basic reference point in historical destinations such as Santorini or Taormina. “Venezia, salvare la notte”, the slogan for one of the most important meetings in defence of the quality of the night sky, warned of the danger of forgetting the beauty and appeal of the night for an activity mobilising more than six hundred million people a year. This vital resource has almost fallen into oblivion due to tourism’s rapid development, standardising and massification. The present challenge is to reintroduce this resource as a basic part of the offer for those destinations which still have a chance to recover the clarity of their night sky.
Cultural heritage associated with astronomy also acts as motivation for many travellers nowadays. At present, there are many consolidated locations and destinations in which heritage connected with astronomy, including archaeoastronomical heritage, constitutes the tourist attraction par excellence.
Observatories and their surroundings are also candidate areas for the development of innovative and respectful tourism activities, where intelligent visits can be made compatible with the careful protection of the extraordinary natural conditions at such locations, and their quality for astronomical observation.
Star Routes
Camino de Santiago (Way of St. James) - The Route of the Stars.
It is one of the most important cultural and tourist routes of Euope, declared World Heritage by UNESCO. A very ancient pilgrimage route under the stars, where the Milky Way pointed the way to Compostela (Campus stellae, the field of stars) and the edge of the known world (Finis terrae).
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"Ruta de las Estellas" project.
Astronomical educational expeditions for students through contest (Atlantic Ocean, Turkey, Zimbabwe, Kilimanjaro, Machu Picchu, etc.).
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Atacama. Astronomical Route
Route conceived as a sustainable tourist product that integrates natural landscape and the associated cultural heritage with the astronomical offer.
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