The Costa da Morte is already a Starlight Tourist Destination. This has been confirmed by the Foundation that grants this seal to the Costa da Morte Tourist Association (CMAT). The geodestination is made up of 17 municipalities within the province of A Coruña: Cabana de Bergantiños, Camariñas, Carballo, Carnota, Cee, Corcubión, Coristanco, Dumbría, Fisterra, A Laracha, Laxe, Malpica, Mazaricos, Muxía, Ponteceso, Vimianzo and Zas .
With this distinction, it’s built-in, since January 2023, into the worldwide astrotourism community. After the work carried out throughout 2022 by the CMAT and the evaluation and audit course of carried out by the technical staff of the Starlight Foundation, it has been confirmed that the Costa da Morte exceeded the necessities to acquire the celebrated seal.
An preferrred place to ponder the evening sky
The certificates “not solely acknowledges the suitability of the Costa da Morte for considering the evening sky, but additionally the dedication to its conservation and the public-private will to scale back gentle air pollution and enhance outside public lighting”, highlights Mónica Rodríguez , president of the Costa da Morte Tourist Association and mayoress of Vimianzo.
Costa da Morte is filled with factors the place you may benefit from the nightlife 🔭
We cannot resist! 😉 We visited Castro de Borneiro in Cabana de Bergantiños and loved the starry views ⭐️
And you, what are you ready for? Come see the celebrities in Cabo do Mundo! 🤩 pic.twitter.com/akDEJL3sfi
— Visit Costa Da Morte (@SomosCMAT) January 9, 2023
Over the subsequent 4 years, an Improvement Measures Plan proposed by the Starlight Foundation should be carried out. The ‘zoning’ of the label may even be mandatory since, because the Costa da Morte has such a big territory in comparison with different locations within the community, it will likely be essential to delimit which would be the finest preserved areas and which will probably be excluded attributable to non-compliance with the indications that assure high quality of the evening sky.
Fourth Starlight Destination in Galicia
The Costa da Morte is confirmed because the fourth Starlight Tourist Destination in Galicia. It joins the Illas Atlánticas National Park (Pontevedra), Trevinca (Ourense) and the municipality of Muras (Lugo).
The CMAT considers that the seal “assigns the geodestination a related place each within the autonomous group and within the beginning and worldwide sphere”. Turismo de Galicia chosen the geodestination as a kind of that can acquire a particular recognition in Fitur by the Xunta de Galicia. “It is without doubt one of the most formidable, thrilling tasks and with the best potential that the Costa da Morte has joined in recent times,” highlights Mónica Rodríguez, who signifies that the whole tourism sector of the geodestination, each private and non-private “He is wanting ahead to launching and selling initiatives and actions, with the help and recommendation of the Starlight Foundation.” “We need to consolidate and create a brand new vacationer supply based mostly on the remark of the celebrities, from the bottom of coaching and specialization”, highlights the president of the CMAT as a brand new problem within the brief time period.