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People really need to understand that a BTS world tour is a 360° production, not just seven artists, a stage and a crowd. We're talking about a multinational team involving hundreds of people, all with different nationalities, passports, entry requirements, work permits, visas, health regulations and vaccination records. Not everyone travels under the same conditions, and every country has its own requirements. Then there's security, insurance, transportation, accommodation, local suppliers, customs clearance, equipment imports, production infrastructure, technical requirements, electricity, staging, sound, lighting, LED screens and all the logistics involved in moving an entire production from one country to another. Now imagine organising four shows in four different parts of Africa: Rabat, Johannesburg, Nairobi and Lagos. That's four different countries, four different regulatory systems, four different sets of logistics and four different production operations. And this is where the comparison with Europe, the US or LATAM matters. These are not identical touring environments. Europe and the US have well-established touring networks, established suppliers, extensive venue infrastructure and, in many cases, more predictable cross-border logistics. LATAM has its own challenges, particularly with distances, customs, transportation and infrastructure, but it also has established concert markets and touring circuits. Africa is an enormous continent with very different markets, infrastructures, regulations and levels of production capacity. You cannot treat it as one single touring destination any more than you can treat Europe or LATAM as one country. Of course, concerts in Africa are possible. Nobody is saying otherwise. But organising a full-scale BTS production across several African countries involves a completely different level of coordination and planning. It's not simply about booking a stadium and putting a stage in it. It's about moving an entire multinational operation, making sure hundreds of people and tonnes of equipment can enter, work, operate safely and move on to the next destination. A world tour is not a checklist where every continent, country and city is automatically entitled to a date. There are real logistical, financial, technical and operational considerations behind every single stop. ANDDDDDD.... let's not forget the international staff. A production like BTS's involves people from different nationalities, and entry requirements are not the same for everyone. An American, a French citizen, a Korean national or a British crew member may face completely different visa requirements, work permits, health regulations and vaccination requirements depending on the destination and their travel route. What applies to one member of the crew doesn't necessarily apply to another. Multiply that by several countries, each with its own immigration, customs and health regulations, and you begin to understand the scale of the coordination involved. It's not one visa, one vaccination certificate and one set of arrangements for everyone. And this is for the international ARMY..... For you it's easier to choose one country they're going to visit that doesn't require too much extra work or money than to move more than 20,000 people all over the planet to come and see you...