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June 2025

If last year’s solar eclipse and auroras turned you into an astro-tourist, you're not the only one exploring after dark.

- Stephanie Vermillion

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“THERE’S SOMETHING about being in nature at night that enlivens all the senses,” says Vicky Derksen. She’s the creator of Night Sky Tourist, an Arizona company that organizes stargazing trips. In recent years, demand has been booming, Derksen says. “The global dark-sky movement is making people aware of what they’re missing at night.”

Leading the charge is the nonprofit DarkSky International, which has to date certified more than 200 destinations worldwide as being well suited for stargazing and comet-spotting because of their low levels of light pollution.

The demand for “noctourism” continues to grow. In January, for example, the city of Tucson, Arizona, introduced its

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