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The place you swear you wanted, until you arrive and start planning the next one.
means The place a person, vehicle, or thing is traveling toward — the intended end point of a journey.
from From Latin 'destinare,' to make firm or determine, which gave us 'destinationem,' a purpose or appointment. The same root underlies 'destiny' — fitting, since both speak of a fixed point you're heading toward. It arrived in English by way of French, first carrying the sense of a settled intention before narrowing to the literal place you're bound for.
- Etymology
- From Latin destinare, to make firm or determine.
- Hedonic truth
- Anticipating a trip often beats taking it.
- Airport code
- Every destination on earth has a three-letter alias.
- Arrival fallacy
- Reaching goals rarely delivers the joy promised.
- Journey rivalry
- Proverbs insist the road matters more than this.
machu picchu — incan citadel in peru visited by over 1 million tourists annually
paris france — receives 28 million international visitors per year, most visited city globally
disneyland orlando — walt disney world in florida attracts 58 million visitors annually
taj mahal — mausoleum in india receiving 7-8 million visitors per year since opening