There is stardust in your veins. We are literally, ultimately, children of the stars.
—Jocelyn Bell Burnell (astrophysicist)
This chapter will cover ALAN’s impact on nocturnal life, human health, the environment, and how anthropogenic activities were an impetus for astrotourism. To comprehensively serve the astrotourist, the operator must show the exigencies of the light pollution crises. Astrotourism becomes a framework to convey information on the societal impact of ALAN.
A tourist who travels to Provence, France, for cooking classes brings home more than the memory of cooking and eating a meal; they bring home knowledge. Just as the chef may impart the philosophy and practice behind “farm to table” and the need ...
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