Astronomy in Chile and Universidad de Concepción. CATA develops nine different areas: 6 focused in scientific research, 3 focused on technology advances, and 1 on Education & Outreach (to students, teachers and general public). This Center its mainly dedicated to supernovae research, it gathers astronomers from: Universidad de Chile, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and Universidad Andrés Bello. Further information on Extremely large telescope. In Chile there are more than 100 astronomers, some are: Astronomy in Chile Chile can be considered astronomy's world capital. In 2011, Chile was home to 42% of the world's astronomical infrastructure consisting mostly of telescopes, and by 2020
Tourism in Chile came from American countries, mainly Argentina; however, the biggest growth in recent years has been in visitors from Europe, especially Germany. In 2017, a record total of 6,449,993 international tourists visited Chile, a 13.3% increase from 2016. Argentina remained the most common country of origen, followed by Brazil. European tourists were third in terms of total numbers. The average tourist stayed for 10 nights. The Chilean government attributes the rise in tourism to "promotional campaigns, the development of new products and tourist destinations and a renewed diversification of experiences." Chile was recognized as the World's Best for Adventure Travel in