paper

Dark sky tourism and sustainable development in Namibia

arXiv:2102.07088 · doi:10.1017/S1743921321000478

Abstract

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.

Accepted in IAUS367 Proceedings; 2 pages, 1 figure