Ticket to Bollywood, Ticket to Hollywood etc. My questions are as follows:
1. What do they really mean?
2. Why is the preposition 'to' used here instead of 'for'?
3. Do Ticket to Bollywood and Ticket for Bollywood carry the same meaning?
". g. "Two tickets to London, please".
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"ticket for ~" tends to refer to an event; e.g "Do you have a ticket for the concert tonight?". "ticket to ~" tends to refer to the destination of a journey; e.g. "Two tickets to London, please". I imagine that your examples, in the context in which you have seen them, are probably metaphorical (i.e. referring to an opportunity within the film industry rather than literally a ticket). "to" wou
roky0071Ticket to Bollywood,
That is something an aspiring actor or actress would think about..
I want a ticket to Bollywood. My dream is to be a famous, highly-paid actor in Bollywood movies.