The editors have stayed conventional with their top choice following past selections of Paris in 2014, San Francisco in 2013 and London for 2012.
The rest of the top 10 - as usual - are much more interesting.
Here are the next nine: El Chalten in Argentina in second place, followed by Expo 2015 host Milan; Zermatt, Switzerland; Valletta, Malta; Plovdiv, Bulgaria; Salisbury, England; Vienna; Chennai, India;and Toronto.
The top country recommendations were Singapore, ahead of Namibia, Lithuania, Nicaragua, Ireland, Congo, Serbia, the Philippines, the Caribbean state of St. Lucia and Morocco.