The new trend for 2025 is called nocturism and it has occupied many travelers.
OR Rebecca Douglas has visited her Iceland 29 times and has already planned her 30th trip. Each time, the purpose of her journey remains the same: To capture it Northern lights.
As a professional photographer from England, Douglas has been recording this spectacular phenomenon since 2010. Its sky-filling colors of green, purple, yellow and blue result from the reaction of particles from the sun with gases in Earth’s upper atmosphere. With the current solar cycle nearing its peak, the Northern Lights are expected to be even more spectacular over the next four years, according to CNBC.
The aurora borealis last night in my backyard – Fairbanks, Alaska pic.twitter.com/hGITBEKGez
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For this reason, the “noctourism”, a trend that focuses on nighttime travel experiences, is expected to increase the 2025. The Booking.com describes it as a desire of travelers to “exchange the crowds of the day for the magic of the night». A global survey conducted involving at least 27,000 of travelers revealed that almost two in three have thought “destinations with darker skies“, with the 72% to express an interest in stargazing, the 59% to seek to experience rare cosmic phenomena and the 57% to wish to observe constellations.
Despite the fact that most of his activities night tourism related to the night sky, the options are varied and interesting. A traveler can explore the city at night, search for truffles in Italy or enjoy a picnic on a full moon night by the sea. The luxury travel company Wayfairer Travel reports that night tourism experiences increased by 25% the previous year. Her clients wanted not only to watch the Northern Lights in Norway and Iceland, but also to participate in night diving in Great Barrier Reef of Australia and in Red Sea of Egypt.
