Rethinking Tourists' Experiences of Flying First‐Person‐View Drones Through the Lens of Volumetric Geography

This research note rethinks drone tourism through the lens of volumetric geography. Drawing on the volumetric turn in human geography, this note conceptualises drone‐mediated experience as a recursive entity in which aerial space is designed and partitioned, embodied performance unfolds within these volumes, and experiential tensions feed back into governance and regulation. It proposes a few directions addressing the volumetric design of airspace, the embodied and affective performance of drone flying shaped by height, depth and air–ground interaction, and the implications of aerial congestion for carrying capacity and overtourism. By shifting from flat, surface‐based perspectives to vertically organised assemblages of bodies, technologies and infrastructures, this note positions drone tourism as a catalyst for rethinking spatial planning and governance in tourism destinations.