Can Fandom Make Us Better Tourists? by Kayti Burt

About this episode

Kayti Burt discusses how fandom can influence respectful tourism practices in the context of overtourism.

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/

People in this episode

Guest: Kayti Burt

Topics covered

• fandom tourism
• overtourism
• mutual respect
• BTS fans
• Jeju Island

Keywords

• fandom
• tourism
• entitlement
• journalism

Mentioned in this episode

Products: BTS

Places: South Korea's, Jeju Island

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