Tourists Behaving Badly While Abroad

In this episode of Queer & Far, Shae Nahnigans shares a few stories and videos of tourists, predominately American and British tourists, behaving badly while traveling abroad. We discuss the sense of American Exceptionalism and entitlement while traveling and how we may have worn out our welcome as tourist since the *45 presidency (*45 name is always bleeped on Queer & Far). Tik Toks shared and User's credited: 1 - Lilo & Stitch "too scary for American viewers" - 2 - White tourist disobeys the signs, almost dies, risks local man's life to save him - @nomakeanykine 3 - White tourist violates a sacred space and practice they were invited to by filming - @Soogia1 (GO FOLLOW HER!) 4 - Disrespectful tourists manhandle horse on the King's Guard in England - @buskainthepark (busk1976 on TikTok) 5 - White tourist violating sacred Maya temple, uniting strangers in anger towards her for her disrespect - @ProjectNightfall Articles referenced in the episode: 1 - Two tourists tried to steal bricks from the crematorium of a concentration camp as a souvenir. - http://bit.ly/3SAZNDv 2 - The 13 most horrifying stories of tourists behaving badly over the last decade - http://bit.ly/3SGp6nv 3 - The Reputation of the Ugly American Tourist Won’t Be Easy to Shake - http://bit.ly/3J2PHbj 26 Days til Mexico (from date of recording) * * * Queer & Far, a travel podcast from a couple of Queer Femmes, providing tips and resources to travel safely while Black/Brown, Queer, Disabled or from any marginalized group and intersections in-between. Hosted by Sharmane Fury aka daBlasianBlerd and Shae Nahnigans. We will be sharing travel advice and resources for #TravelingWhileQueer #TravelingWhileDisabled #TravelingWhileBIPOC #TravelingWhileFemme as well as charting our journey towards moving abroad. * * * Hosted by: Sharmane Fury and Shae Nahnigans Produced and Edited by: Sharmane Fury Music by: Pinegroove - "Big Band Savage Jazz" * * * Connect with us on Twitter, Instagram, Tik Tok, and Youtube @QueerFarPod or send us an email at queerfarpodcast@gmail.com. * * * Queer and Far is a fan-sponsored podcast, if you are enjoying the show please consider sponsoring us on https://anchor.fm/queerfarpod today! Thank you. This is a ManeHustle Media Podcast. Turn your side hustle into your ManeHustle.