Out with Beach Days, in with Star-Gazing: How Holidays Turned Nocturnal

Travel companies are reporting a surge of interest in people wanting to get away from light pollution and into nature. For the campers at the Dark Skies site near the Cambrian mountains in Wales, the blackness of the pitches is an important draw.

Alonso Marly, travel agent at Skylux Travel, which specialises in high-end trips, said: “While some holidaymakers prefer travelling to the hottest beach destinations to make the most of those long and hot days in the sun, this year I have noticed an increased interest in destinations that also offer night-time activities and entertainment options, such as going scuba diving, chasing northern lights, taking nocturnal museum tours, going on starlit safari adventures, trying out after-dark golf, enjoying night spas and practising guided full-moon meditations, just to name a few.”

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