Allure of educational tourism


Rustic gem: Tourism providers should leverage attractions that are not yet popular among non-Malaysians, such as Kampung Kemensah in Ampang, Selangor. – FAIHAN GHANI/The Star

What does it mean to be an educational tourist? Generally, these tourists travel with the purpose of enhancing their knowledge, be it historical, cultural, social, geographical, lingual or societal.

Similarly, don’t we learn directly or indirectly whenever we travel somewhere? Does this then make us educational tourists?

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