Dark sky tourism and sustainable development in Namibia

• DOI: 10.1017/s1743921321000478
• Publication Date: 2021-12-23T10:54:51Z
• Authors: Hannah S. Dalgleish; Getachew M. Mengi...; Michael Backes; Garret Cotter; Eli K. Kasai
• Keywords: 13. Climate action; 0502 economics and business; 05 social sciences; FOS: Physical sciences; Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics; Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM); 12. Responsible consumption

AbstractNamibia 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.