Whereas a Destination is usually a country or city, a place can be anything else. From hotels to hostels, fancy restaurants to local hangouts, nice museums to a beautiful park.
A great place would be mountains for the climber or skiier, beaches for the surfer or snorkeler, trails for the hiker or clubs for the partier.
Since everyone is different we hope to have reviews that reflect that. So a nature oriented family with children would have a different review of a place than a single person with no kids who loves the city.