{"id":73910,"date":"2025-10-28T19:40:06","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T18:40:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visitacostadamorte.com\/?p=73910"},"modified":"2025-10-28T19:51:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T18:51:13","slug":"costa-da-morte-starlight-international-meeting-soria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/visitacostadamorte.com\/en\/news\/costa-da-morte-starlight-international-meeting-soria","title":{"rendered":"Costa da Morte strengthens its leadership in astrotourism at the 8th Starlight International Meeting (Soria)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The delegation included president <strong>Yolanda D\u00edaz<\/strong>, vice-president <strong>Nieves Lema<\/strong>, and the <strong>Costa da Morte Starlight Guides<\/strong> \u2014<strong>Charo Couto<\/strong>, <strong>Bego Brao<\/strong>, and <strong>Ant\u00f3n Pazos<\/strong>. They were joined by <strong>CMAT<\/strong> vice-president and <strong>Cee<\/strong> mayor <strong>Margarita Lamela<\/strong>, and <strong>Turismo de Galicia<\/strong> promotion director <strong>Carmen Pita<\/strong>, underscoring institutional backing for the <strong>Costa da Morte Starlight Destination<\/strong> project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Starlight Destination with a unique identity<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Throughout the meeting, the association exchanged best practices with international initiatives, highlighting the <strong>natural and cultural heritage<\/strong> of Costa da Morte, its network of <strong>certified professionals<\/strong>, and its commitment to <strong>science communication<\/strong> and <strong>nature conservation<\/strong> as pillars of a transformative tourism model.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2026 Eclipse: scientific opportunity and local driver<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The training programme featured talks on the <strong>2026 Eclipse<\/strong>, one of the decade\u2019s most anticipated astronomical events. The association stressed <strong>planning<\/strong>, <strong>public awareness<\/strong>, and <strong>inter-territorial cooperation<\/strong> to harness this milestone \u2014which will place <strong>Galicia<\/strong> among the <strong>world\u2019s best vantage points<\/strong>\u2014 as a lever for <strong>local development<\/strong> and <strong>knowledge outreach<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Commitment to dark skies and responsible tourism<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>By joining the Soria gathering, the Costa da Morte Astrotourism Association reaffirms its role within an <strong>international network<\/strong> that protects <strong>starry skies as common heritage<\/strong> and promotes cooperation toward a <strong>more sustainable and inspiring tourism model<\/strong>. The organisation will remain active in <strong>events and projects<\/strong> that strengthen the <strong>Costa da Morte Starlight Destination<\/strong> as a <strong>benchmark for astrotourism in Galicia<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Contact<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Costa da Morte Astrotourism Association<\/strong><br>Press contact: <strong><a href=\"mailto:astoturismocm@gmail.com\">astoturismocm@gmail.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Costa da Morte Astrotourism Association took part this week in the 8th Starlight International Meeting held in Soria, the world\u2019s leading forum for astrotourism and dark-sky protection. The goal was to boost Costa da Morte as a Starlight Destination and to cement partnerships around a model of sustainable, responsible, high-quality tourism.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":73909,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_angie_page":false,"slim_seo":{"title":"Costa da Morte shines at the 8th Starlight Meeting in Soria","description":"Costa da Morte joins the 8th Starlight Meeting in Soria to boost its Starlight Destination status and prepare for the 2026 Eclipse."},"page_builder":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[104],"tags":[544],"class_list":["post-73910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-starlight-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitacostadamorte.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitacostadamorte.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitacostadamorte.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitacostadamorte.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitacostadamorte.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73910"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/visitacostadamorte.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73910\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73911,"href":"https:\/\/visitacostadamorte.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73910\/revisions\/73911"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitacostadamorte.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitacostadamorte.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitacostadamorte.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitacostadamorte.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}