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Why has astro-tourism taken off in the modern world? Why is a starry sky now a tourist attraction in many places? Are town-dwellers beginning to realize what they are missing?
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Eleven U.S. states are larger than the United Kingdom. The UK is a little smaller than Oregon , and slightly larger than Wyoming . A fun way to compare the two countries is to drag the UK around the United States on www.sarmonster.net/UK.htm.
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Mizon, B. (2016). Invasion of the Townies. In: Finding a Million-Star Hotel. The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33855-2_2
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