Dark sky tourism
Dark sky tourism
Dark sky tourism (DST) ... sometimes referred to as 'terrestrial star tourism' or 'celestial ecotourism' ... consists of visitors travelling to remote, unlit areas on land or water, to observe celestial objects. Depending on the object(s) observed (e.g., stars, planets, moons, nebulae, star clusters or galaxies), stargazing activities occur either aided (with binoculars or telescopes) or unaided (with the naked eye). Dark sky experiences can also be accompanied by other activities like astrophotography or storytelling....
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Dalgleish, Hannah
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Bjelajac, Dajana
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Dalgleish, Hannah
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Bjelajac, Dajana
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Dalgleish, Hannah and Bjelajac, Dajana
(2022)
Dark sky tourism.
In,
Buhalis, Dimitrios
(ed.)
Encyclopedia of Tourism Management and Marketing.
Edward Elgar Publishing, .
(doi:10.4337/9781800377486.dark.sky.tourism).
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Dark sky tourism (DST) ... sometimes referred to as 'terrestrial star tourism' or 'celestial ecotourism' ... consists of visitors travelling to remote, unlit areas on land or water, to observe celestial objects. Depending on the object(s) observed (e.g., stars, planets, moons, nebulae, star clusters or galaxies), stargazing activities occur either aided (with binoculars or telescopes) or unaided (with the naked eye). Dark sky experiences can also be accompanied by other activities like astrophotography or storytelling....
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e-pub ahead of print date: 25 August 2022
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/478491
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Last modified: 17 Mar 2024 04:20
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Hannah Dalgleish
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Dajana Bjelajac
Editor:
Dimitrios Buhalis
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