This conference came about thanks to the European Community’s “Leader II” project, carried out over part of the territory of the Province of Oristano by the Gal “Giudicato di Arborea” (Group for local initiatives of the “District of Arborea”.
This is a new subject, and it remains to be seen from both content and results if it is appropriate to talk about a “new tourism” without distorting the value which the new disciplines of Bioenergy and Archaeoastronomy certainly have.
I asked Mauro Aresu if it was blasphemous to talk about tourism where these themes are concerned and he assured me that in fact, this could represent an opportunity for all.
In my opinion, this certainly represents an opportunity for anyone who is ready to look at the rich archaeological and cultural heritage of our territory in a new way, but especially for those who intend to work in the field and who have a new outlook which is far from the mere explanation of rocks, monuments and ruins. 
Let me say first of all that in our territory some new structures exist, such as the Bed and Breakfast, multi-structure hotels, and rural tourism.  Statistics show that a flow of tourism (organized and non) does exist and follows certain trends (enogastronomy, cultural tourism, and nature tourism).  However, it must also be said that while in Sardinia the state of tourism is positive as a whole, it is negative for the Province of Oristano.  In 1999, Oristano was the only Sardinian province to have a decreased number of visitors.
This is because resources exist in our province, but no tourist products exist yet.  The difference lies in the fact that while the product can be put on the market and sold, the resource is characterised by spontaneity and sometimes, by unreliableness.
There is not much information available yet about the use of subjects like Bioenergy and Archaeoastronomy for tourism purposes.  We were able to find only one site on the internet which linked these two disciplines with tourism.  On this site (which was more than 700- pages long) five nations were given as examples: England and Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Italy and France.  In the part on Italy there were ten sites mentioned, four of those in Sardinia.  Therefore, it is clear that Sardinia has great possibilities in this sector when we consider that since 1991 a listing of sites exists under the headings of Bioenergy and Archaeoastronomy, and that on the island there are at least  four locations with bioenergetic characteristics and linked to archaeoastronomy.
Nevertheless, it must be noted that there is very little attention given to these subjects by the various cooperatives who manage tourism services on the island. Maybe we are not yet ready to see that which surrounds us with “new eyes”.
I hope that the citation of Proust which states that “the real voyage consists not in seeing new places, but in having "new eyes” will become a reality.