The "Night Sky Tourism for Communities Around Observatories" resource targets communities and observatories who can help work together to create experiences that compliment each other. The strengths of observatories are the ability to provide extended support to rural inhabitants to help them create a night sky experience. The resource aims to guide the user into curating a variety of complementary activities that can take place during an observatory’s downtime, integrating astronomy to generate additional revenue for local communities. It is used along with the "Night Sky Tourism: A Quick Start Guide" resource but existing tourism businesses located around observatories can also use the guide.

There is special emphasis on communities and observatories working together to create and identify complementary activities that showcase local cultural and ecological assets. These experiences should be co-created between community inhabitants and observatories to enhance the observatory experience and provide recreational activities, food, and accommodation during observatory downtimes.