Came across a video on bilibili (sort of Youtube in China) saying Chinese fans are the most miserable because most Kpop idols can’t tour in mainland CN. Similar sentiments can be heard from SEA, South American, African, Australasia and some Europe fans.
I don’t think it has anything with the idols/ companies “ignore” or “skip” any countries, they don’t because they obviously can’t.
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Logistics: not every major city has the necessary infrastructure to accommodate the influx of thousands of concert-goers, the stage set and equipments. Transport, schedule, personel, legal issues, all of these require insane amount of planning and coordinating with local promoter and venues.
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Venues: nobody can just wake up one day and book a random venue, it has to be booked several months before hand. Sometimes people complain about the size of the venues (too big, too small) but appropriate venues are sometimes booked by local sport teams already.
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Profit: let’s face it touring is expensive, if the demand isn’t met once investors tend to get cold feet. Tour promoter taking a chunk out of the revenue isn’t helping either.
Personally, i don’t want my ult group to visit my country because of the profound lack of infrastructure. I understand that it hurts, but that’s another thing we have to accept at the end of the day.
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