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Can Fandom Make Us Better Tourists? by Kayti Burt

Can Fandom Make Us Better Tourists? by Kayti Burt

Fansplaining · fansplaining

December 10, 202517m 2s

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Show Notes

Our final article of 2025 is here! Kayti Burt—who first wrote for us last spring, in a fantastic piece on the precarity of being a fandom journalist (https://www.fansplaining.com/articles/the-fan-journalist-tightrope)—returns to Fansplaining to tackle the subject of fandom tourism, and how fans can approach journeys with respect rather than entitlement.

"Can Fandom Make Us Better Tourists?" In an era of overtourism, South Korea's Jeju Island and international BTS fans are building bridges of mutual respect.

Read the whole piece: https://www.fansplaining.com/can-fandom-make-us-better-tourists/