Abstract
Dark sky tourism or astro-tourism is a journey of tourists in order to obtain astronomical knowledge and outdoor activities. The article will give a definition of astro-tourism, components of astro-tourism, the main aspects of astro-tourism and how to use them and the article will talk about the place of astro-tourism in the Republic of Kazakhstan and offer prospects for its development. This article deals with the essence, components, aspects and peculiarities of dark sky tourism, stargazers and dark sky tourism as an existing type of tourism, history and economic impact of dark sky tourism. Also, it points out a guide for a night sky and celestial objects as indicators of the road for tourists, some features of International dark sky locations and perspectives of dark sky tourism in Kazakhstan.