For off-the-charts IQs and outstanding efforts, the destination's no longer NASA; it's Goldman.
Now remoteness -- even obscurity -- can add to a destination's appeal.
Closer to Perth than Sydney or Melbourne, the destination's appeal is an exotic one.
And the impact of receiving thousands of visitors at once, none of whom stay overnight, can distort a destination's economy.
And yet of every $100 spent by the average developed-world tourist, only $5 remains in the destination's economy.
Sanjay Vidyarthi, an analyst at Liberum Capital, suggested that Destination's "ability to execute the deal is not clear-cut.
Unearthing a destination's culinary charms became a challenge, if not a mission, and certainly a point of pride.
Jet lag can be resolved by matching your internal clock to your destination's clock as soon as possible.
But, whatever the sums won or lost, they are nothing compared to the boost to Dubai Destination's stud value that yesterday's upset brought.
Many are holding off on committing to holding future events in a particular city until they are convinced that a destination's air capacity will not fall any further.
But the effect is to give someone planning a trip the kind of knowledge heretofore limited to the destination's residents, especially those who don't mind doing research.
