Being a place that people will make a special trip to visit.
‘a destination restaurant’
‘The best part of Los Angeles is that it is the destination place for the entire world.’
‘This East End patch may not be a destination spot for the media trend pundits, but there is a vibe about the place.’
‘This, he says, must be a destination hotel for the discerning business and leisure visitor.’
‘Destination spas are located in beautiful mountains and deserts as well as by lakes and oceans.’
‘Oh, and by the way, who said Mars was a five-star destination resort anyway?’
‘Casinos are the first step in the developer's plan to create a destination resort in this former mining community.’
‘It is a destination resort - trees, hills, fields, great view, yachts.’
Origin
Late Middle English from Latin destinatio(n-), from destinare ‘make firm, establish’. The original sense was ‘the action of intending someone or something for a purpose’, later ‘being destined for a place’, hence (from the early 19th century) the place itself.
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