You’ll find the village along the A485 road southwest of market town Llanybydder. Mynydd Llanllwni Mountain is located south in a village called Llanllwni in Carmarthenshire. Mynydd Llanllwni Mountain, Llanllwni, Carmarthenshire With the launch of a new astro-tourism trail, is Wales on the way to helping travellers find more meaning in the universe?Įlan Valley, Wales | © Marcus Woodbridge/Unsplash 1. There’s something about looking up into the cosmos that gives us mental clarity, a sense of meaning, and connection while delivering an experience that allows us to leave the trappings of our daily lives behind and transcend towards something infinitely greater. More people than ever before are looking to escape to the stars on their travels. In a way, astro-tourism or astro-travel is a clever riff on something mere mortals, astrology lovers and wannabe space explorers have been doing unknowingly for decades – stargazing, looking for meteor showers, unique moon sightings and eclipses – just a little more mainstream.
Starry light trail with Mars as seen in Wales | © Louis Reed/Unsplash This could very well be why astro-tourism is on the rise – it’s time for astrology nerds and stargazers to shine. Cosmo Readers are hooked on astrology, 74% say they are obsessed with astrology, and 72% check their horoscope every day. Editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan – Jessica Pels – has expanded the magazine’s print coverage of astrology to nine pages in every issue. If recent media soundbites are anything to go by, as a way to cope with uncertainty, millennials are turning to astrology.
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Centuries and centuries of technological and emotional innovation are a direct result of gazing into the endless night sky to understand everything from Earth’s rotation and how to visit the moon to more mystical things like divination and how stars and planets can shape the course of our lives. The existential lure of the cosmos has fascinated humankind since the dawn of time. The more obvious reason is that stars are bloody beautiful – and thanks to light pollution, we don’t get to see them as often anymore. Towards the end of last year, The New Yorker reported that we’re living in an age of uncertainty where people are trying to divine meaning by connecting with something larger – more millennials are putting their faith in astrology. Astro-tourism or astro-travel is on the rise and that could be for two reasons. Wales’ new stargazer trail couldn’t be more timely. The rise of astro-tourism in an age of uncertainty Travel to: Stargazing destinations around the world
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