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A study published in the Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism (2024) that evaluated sixty-two global astrotourism initiatives and conducted forty-two in-depth stakeholder interviews in order to extract what actually makes astrotourism work in protected areas. The elements requiring consideration are concrete and checkable: appropriate locations for activities, mitigation of light pollution, climate and seasonality, the need for community engagement, well-trained presenters, carefully planned programmes, and management policies that protect dark skies — allowing for variation within each site’s own situation.
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