Astro-tourism is in focus for Tourism Month 2024.
The Minister of Tourism highlighted Carnarvon as premier destination for local and international astro-tourists.Travelling through South Africa will make one notice just how empty much of the country is. Aside from the farmlands, there are huge swathes of the nation that are largely unpopulated or minimally populated.
“Outside the small town of Carnarvon is the South African site of the Square Kilometre Array , a global mega-infrastructure project is underway and endeavors to build the most powerful radio telescope in the world. It is for this reason that we chose this site to be the focus of our official World Tourism Day celebration here in the Northern Cape on 27 September 2024.
A good place to start with this strategy is, in our minds at least, improving the online presence of organisations such as SARAO. At one point SARAO held site visits where locals and tourists could visit places like Hartebeeshoek to get a run down of what our local astronomers and scientists are doing. Sadly the website highlighting these visits is woefully out of date and contact numbers we tried to call rang endlessly without answer.
“This strategy aims to position South Africa as a world-class astro-tourism destination, focusing on infrastructure development, the optimal functioning of astronomy-tourism streams, and community transformation. The vision of this strategy aims to develop and position an inclusive Astro-Tourism sector that will yield sustainable benefit-sharing opportunities by maximizing on marketing efforts and enhancing visitor experience in South Africa,” the minister said.
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