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Astrotourism : Star Gazers, Eclipse Chasers, and the Dark Sky Movement.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Studien Zum Physik- und Chemielernen SeriesPublisher: New York : Business Expert Press, 2021Copyright date: ©2021Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (180 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781637420676
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: AstrotourismDDC classification:
  • 338.47910919
LOC classification:
  • TL794.7 .M375 2021
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Halftitle -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Description -- Contents -- Preface -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Defining Astrotourism -- Chapter 2: Our Link to the Stars -- Chapter 3: Star Seeker Trends -- Chapter 4: The Present and Future Astrotourist -- Chapter 5: Where-When-What -- Chapter 6: Space Tourism -- Chapter 7: Eclipse Chasers -- Chapter 8: Ancient Monuments to the Stars -- Chapter 9: Sundials and Astronomical Clocks -- Chapter 10: Tours -- Chapter 11: ALAN and Health -- Chapter 12: Sharing the Stars With Your Guests -- Chapter 13: Developing a Destination -- Chapter 14: In Closing -- Case Studies -- Music List -- Notes -- References -- About the Author -- Index -- Adpage -- Backcover.
Summary: This book explores the growth of the astrotourism, identifies star seeker trends, how the stars have shaped civilizations, and the budding space tourism industry. Learn ways to develop a destination, find customers, and our relationship with the night sky. Meteor storms, eclipses, auroras, and other celestial phenomena have lured travelers for years and here the author expands the field of astrotourism with the inclusion of astronomical clocks, megaliths, and sundials, which track the movement of the stars.
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Cover -- Halftitle -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Description -- Contents -- Preface -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Defining Astrotourism -- Chapter 2: Our Link to the Stars -- Chapter 3: Star Seeker Trends -- Chapter 4: The Present and Future Astrotourist -- Chapter 5: Where-When-What -- Chapter 6: Space Tourism -- Chapter 7: Eclipse Chasers -- Chapter 8: Ancient Monuments to the Stars -- Chapter 9: Sundials and Astronomical Clocks -- Chapter 10: Tours -- Chapter 11: ALAN and Health -- Chapter 12: Sharing the Stars With Your Guests -- Chapter 13: Developing a Destination -- Chapter 14: In Closing -- Case Studies -- Music List -- Notes -- References -- About the Author -- Index -- Adpage -- Backcover.

This book explores the growth of the astrotourism, identifies star seeker trends, how the stars have shaped civilizations, and the budding space tourism industry. Learn ways to develop a destination, find customers, and our relationship with the night sky. Meteor storms, eclipses, auroras, and other celestial phenomena have lured travelers for years and here the author expands the field of astrotourism with the inclusion of astronomical clocks, megaliths, and sundials, which track the movement of the stars.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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