Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments of generating recommendations for particular destinations in a predefined global area. A user submitted query associated with city characteristics required for a destination in an electronic repository is received, each of the destinations being associated with user generated city scores, reviews, and destination content. Scores relevant to the user submitted query are identified. Destinations relevant to the user submitted query are displayed with a weighted scoring element based on city characteristics selected and user profile information. The destination recommendation engine will use destination metadata in comparison to user profile parameters to determine relevance of the destination to user query based on weighted scoring (Smart Score) history and logistic regression modeling. User submitted queries are stored in query data store and are aggregated based on frequency threshold and user profile parameters to recommend most relevant search queries to user.