Ko Apolónia Rodrigues i aroha tonu ki nga wero ki te hanga waahi hou me nga ahuatanga a meake nei mo te tuuruhi taumau. I timata ia i tana mahi ngaio i te Rohe Tapoi o Évora i 1998, i reira i whakatinanahia e ia etahi kaupapa tae noa ki te tau 2007.
Kaihanga me te kaihanga o te waitohu ūnga Dark Sky® me Dark Sky® Alqueva, i tenei wa ko te Perehitini o te Dark Sky® Association, me te Perehitini o te Rede de Turismo de Aldeia do Alentejo.
Kua ruruku ano e ia te Whatunga Pakeha mo nga Wahi o te Rangimarie mai i te tau 2010. I waenganui i te tau 2010 me te 2016 ko ia te kaihautu takirua o nga Tohu Tohu Mahi (NIT). I hangaia te NIT e NECSTouR - Whatunga o nga Rohe Pakeha mo te Whakataetae Whakataetae me te Whakataetae, Brussels, Belgium.
I waenganui i te tau 2014 me te 2016 he mema ia mo ETIS POOL of Experts, he roopu i hangaia e DG Grow, European Commission, ki te whakawhanake me te whakamatautau i te Pakeha mo nga Tohu Tapoi mo nga mahi taumau me te whakahaere haerenga. I waenganui i te tau 2005 me te 2014, he mema a Apolónia no te Roopu Whakaoranga Taonga Tapoi (TSG), he roopu nana i hanga te Agenda mo te Pakeha Tauwhiro me te Whakataetae Whakataetae, i reira ka riro i a ia te kaiarahi takirua o te Rōpū Tohu Mahi.
I whakaturia tenei roopu e DG Grow o te Komihana Pakeha. I waenganui i te tau 2009 me te 2013 i noho ano ia hei mema mo te Komiti Tohutohu Tapoi Uropi a Eureka.
Nga Tohu mo te Ao: I te tau 2007 i whakawhiwhia tana kaupapa European Network of Village Tourism ki te Ulysses Prize o te United Nations World Tourism Organization. I te tau 2016, i whakawhiwhia e IDA a Apolónia me te Tohu Kaiwawao Rangi pouri.
I te tau 2020 ka whakauruhia ki roto i te Tohu Bizz i homai e Worldcob, i whakawhiwhia ia ki te tohu o te Kaipakihi o te Ao 2020 me te ACQ5 Global Awards ko te Tohu Kaihuri o te Tau mo nga tau o 2020 me 2021. Ma tana kaupapa Dark Sky® Alqueva, ko i whakawhiwhia te tohu Runner Up mai i te Ulysses Prize i te tau 2013, a i te tau 2019 te Bronze CTW Chinese Welcome Award. I taua tau ano, i whiwhi a Dark Sky® Alqueva i te Oscar mo nga Tapoipoi mai i nga Tohu Haereere o te Ao hei Tohu Whakaaetanga Tapoi mo Europe 2019.
I tenei tau o 2020 i waenganui o tenei ahuatanga mate urutaru, Dark Sky® Alqueva me Dark Sky® Association he rereke nga rereketanga. I te Hui-tanguru, ka whakawhiwhia a Dark Sky® Alqueva ki nga Tohu Haerenga Rangapori, ko te tauranga tuuruhi rangatira o Uropi 2020, whai muri i te tohu i whakawhiwhia e te Roopu Maramarama Pakihi, te Tohu Kaiarahi Whakaoranga 2020. Nga Wāhanga Tauwhiro i te Ao Top 100 na nga Whakataunga Kaariki.
A i te marama o Whiringa-a-rangi, ka whakawhiwhia e ia nga tohu ACQ5 Global i roto i te waahanga o te Kamupene o te Tau (Astrotourism) ka whakawhiwhia e rua nga "Tourism Oscars" Nga Tohu mai i nga Tohu Haerere o te Ao, penei i te Tohu Tapoi Whakaaetanga a Uropi 2020 me te Kaupapa Whakataetae a Europe 2020. 2021, i roto i te maha atu o nga tohu, penei i nga Tohu Haerenga Rawa, Tohu Ao Kariki, Tohu Haerenga Ao, me tetahi atu "Tourism Oscar" hei Tohu Whakaaetanga Whakataetae a Europe 2021.
Ka whiwhi hoki te Dark Sky® Association i te tau 2020 Ko te Bizz me te Peak of Success i te tau 2021, i homai e Worldcob me tetahi Tohu Whenua ACQ5, i roto i te waahanga o Potukara - Kaiwhakahaere Mahi Pai o te Tau (Astrotourism) mo te 2020 me te 2021.