Chinese are continuing to travel overseas in overwhelming numbers, with Hong Kong their favourite destination.

On a list of their top 25 destinations in 2012, Hong Kong rates No. 1 with 15.1 million visits, followed by Macau with 7.9 million and South Korea with 3.3 million.

Top 25 destinations for Chinese in 2012

Destination - (,000 trips) - 2012 % growth

1 Hong Kong - 15,110.4 - 11.1%

2 Macau - 7,958 - 8.4%

3 South Korea - 3,383.2 - 55%

4 Thailand - 2,820 - 62.2%

5 Taiwan - 2,590.7 - 47.1%

6 Singapore - 2,054.2 - 30.2%

7 US - 1,593.5 - 46%

8 Japan - 1,506.5 - 44.4%

9 Vietnam - 1,428.7 - 0.8%

10 Malaysia - 1,369.3 - 24.6%

11 France - 1,288 - 15%

12 Russia - 830.4 - 16.4%

13 Germany - 762.9 - 19.7%

14 Switzerland - 663.4 - 33%

15 Australia - 626.4 - 15.5%

16 Indonesia - 585.2 - 16%

17 Austria - 356.4 - 37.1%

18 Cambodia - 335 - 35.2%

19 United Arab Emirates - 300.8 - 23.7%

20 Philippines - 291.4 - 20%

21 Italy - 253 - 12.9%

22 Canada - 243 - 2.7%

23 New Zealand - 215.4 - 48%

24 UK - 206.6 - 17.5%

25 Mongolia - 203.8 - 2.5%