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Fortune
Angelica Ang

Asian universities turn into tourist destinations as Chinese students look closer to home for higher education

The next time you walk through UTown, the green hub at the heart of the National University of Singapore’s campus, you’ll be greeted by an unusual sight: groups of tourists, led by student docents, posing for photos at university landmarks.

Tourists have long flocked to Western universities, like Oxford and Cambridge in the UK, or Harvard and Yale in the U.S. But visitors are now adding Asian campuses to their itineraries.

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