What is the difference between 行き先 and 旅行先?


According to jisho.org, both
[行き先](http://jisho.org/word/%E8%A1%8C%E3%81%8D%E5%85%88) and
[旅行先](http://jisho.org/word/%E6%97%85%E8%A1%8C%E5%85%88) both have the meaning
"destination". My intuitive guess is that 旅行先 is the destination of a trip,
like "this cruise's destination is Bali" and 行き先 would be a more generic
endpoint, like the destination of a train or a taxi ride. Can people clarify
the difference in usage between these two words?




A 行き先 is the place your transportation takes you. When you get off, your
journey is done, and that's the end of it.

A 旅行先 is the place you go on a trip away from home - you get there, and then
you stay there for a while, and then you come back. This is typically for
vacations, and a good translation might be 'vacation destination'. The core
idea is that you're not 'done' with your trip once you get there - the point
is _being_ there once you arrive, not _going_ in the first place.

A short example might clear it up. If you're going on vacation to the
Philippines, you have a 旅行先 (the Philippines), but the plane you take has a
行き先 (probably Manila, though you might also say 'the Philippines').




You are right. 行き先 is generally a destination, and 旅行先 is a destination of a
trip. That's all.

But if you want to say "the destination of the trip", 旅行の行き先 is far better
than 旅行の旅行先, as you should avoid repeating the same word.

Therefore the word 旅行先 is not so common. One of the good places to use this
word is (which I found by googling it), where you want to bring both 旅行 and
its 行き先 to the context at the same time, as in `人気の海外旅行先ランキング` that is a title
of a webpage.

