*by Sonia Talatinou
Major European agencies are noticing an ever-increasing interest -around 25%- in night travel.
If last year you saw Instagram flooded with snapshots of friends and acquaintances posing with the Northern Lights in the background, this year it is possible that you too will succumb to a night trip, as after the trend of astrotourism, the next step is night travel adventures (night tourism).
Noctourism encourages travelers to enjoy the world under the starry night, as an alternative to bustling tourism during the day. How about a night dive in the Great Barrier Reef and Red Sea in Egypt, a night safari in Zambia and Kenya, or observing the Northern Lights in Norway or Iceland?
As the world’s temperature continues to rise, climate change appears to be affecting the popularity of night travel, according to the latest Booking.com survey (summer 2024), with half of respondents saying they plan to increase their night travel to avoid high temperatures during the day. The global survey of more than 27,000 travelers also revealed that 62% are interested in night travel, while 59% of respondents are looking for rare celestial events.
Large European agencies are seeing an ever-increasing interest – around 25% – in night trips, which do not sound at all boring and cliché, such as a solitary evening tour of the Duomo or just before the Louvre closes to get to know emblematic sites in peace, without the thousands of visitors.
However, there are even more exclusive packages, such as attending an evening prayer in a Buddhist monastery in Bhutan, taking a tour of Hanoi, Vietnam, with stops for street food and live music, a safari after sunset in Africa, a night walk in Costa Rica to meet nocturnal birds, animals and insects, an overnight stay at the Khumbu Basecamp of Everest in Nepal or a night truffle hunt in Piedmont, Italy!
Source: parallaximag.gr
