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Connecting people, places and ideas through research travel. Because the best learning takes us beyond the familiar.
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We bring the worlds of education and travel closer together. Through shared knowledge, international dialogue and purposeful experiences, WRTO helps people understand more — and connect more deeply.
Our purpose & approachConnect research and practice to advance meaningful learning beyond the classroom.
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CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS
At the International Research Travel Forum at ITB Asia 2025 in Singapore, the WRTO community came together to share ideas and explore the future of research travel.
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↗International study travel is moving from ad-hoc sightseeing toward course-based, capacity-managed delivery. Two Chinese cases—Songming Research Town in Gansu and the bridge-science museum in Guizhou—show how resource-rich destina
↗A Japanese operator's book-published, seven-step methodology for school-workplace immersion—partnering with over 35 municipalities and more than 200 businesses, mainly in Ibaraki Prefecture—signals that education travel is pr
Heritage sites are being repurposed as structured learning environments, with examples from Huanglong, Lijiang's Mufu, Daocheng County, and an Australian school tour. The analysis argues that intentional program design—curric
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From cultural heritage to the natural world, every place has something to teach us. We connect people who believe that travel can be a deeper kind of learning.
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