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Dark sky tourism and sustainable development in Namibia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 December 2021

Hannah S. Dalgleish Open the ORCID record for Hannah S. Dalgleish [Opens in a new window] ,
Getachew M. Mengistie ,
Michael Backes Open the ORCID record for Michael Backes [Opens in a new window] ,
Garret Cotter  and
Eli K. Kasai
Hannah S. Dalgleish
Affiliation:
Dept. of Physics, University of Namibia, Pionierspark, Windhoek, Namibia Dept. of Physics, University of Oxford, Keble Rd, Oxford, OX1 3RH, UK
Getachew M. Mengistie
Affiliation:
Dept. of Physics, University of Namibia, Pionierspark, Windhoek, Namibia
Michael Backes
Affiliation:
Dept. of Physics, University of Namibia, Pionierspark, Windhoek, Namibia Centre for Space Research, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa email: hannah.dalgleish@physics.ox.ac.uk
Garret Cotter
Affiliation:
Dept. of Physics, University of Oxford, Keble Rd, Oxford, OX1 3RH, UK
Eli K. Kasai
Affiliation:
Dept. of Physics, University of Namibia, Pionierspark, Windhoek, Namibia
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Abstract

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Namibia is world-renowned for its incredibly dark skies by the astronomy community, and yet, the country is not well recognised as a dark sky destination by tourists and travellers. Forged by a collaboration between the Universities of Oxford and Namibia, together we are using astronomy as a means for capacity-building and sustainable socio-economic growth via educating tour guides and promoting dark sky tourism to relevant stakeholders.

Keywords

dark sky tourismastrotourismNamibiaAfricasustainable developmentlight pollutioncapacity building
Type
Poster Paper
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Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 15 , Symposium S367: Education and Heritage in the Era of Big Data in Astronomy , December 2019 , pp. 360 - 362
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© The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of International Astronomical Union

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