Conde Nast Traveler ran its 18th annual Readers’ Choice Awards. Nearly 28,000 travellers voted and many familiar favourites still top the list. Singapore Airlines is again the 2005 #1 International Route Airline, and has led this category for 17 of the past 18 years (in 1994 Swissair took the top spot). San Francisco, the #1 US City, has also been #1 for 17 of the past 18 years (in 1992 Santa Fe won the honour). But there are some surprises too: New Orleans made the top ten cities list, which it has done consistently since Conde Nast Traveler’s first reader poll.

Below is a selection of the results for the top three winners in various categories.

• Top Cities – United States:
• 1. San Francisco, CA
• 2. Santa Fe, NM
• 3. Charleston, SC

• Top Cities – The Americas:
• 1. Vancouver
• 2. San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
• 3. Buenos Aires

• Top Cities – Europe:
• 1. Florence, Italy
• 2. Rome, Italy
• 3. Venice, Italy

• Top Cities – Asia:
• 1. Bangkok
• 2. Hong Kong
• 3. Singapore

• Top Cities – Africa/Middle East:
• 1. Cape Town
• 2. Jerusalem
• 3. Marrakech

• Top Islands – North America:
• 1. Vancouver Island
• 2. Kiawah, South Carolina
• 3. Nantucket

• Top Islands – Caribbean/Atlantic:
• 1. St. John
• 2. Bermuda
• 3. British Virgin Islands

• Top Islands – Pacific Rim:
• 1. Maui
• 2. Kauai
• 3. Bora Bora

• Top Islands – Europe:
• 1. Mykonos & the Cyclades
• 2. Majorca & Minorca
• 3. Sicily

• Top Islands – Asia:
• 1. Phuket
• 2. Bali
• 3. Mauritius