Recently China Tourism Academy and Ctrip.com jointly published the "2010 Ranking List of Chinese Outbound Tourism in Q3." It is reported that the scale of Chinese outbound tourism has reached 15.42 million people in the third quarter and its growth rate has reached 23.5 percent. Hong Kong is among the favorite destinations for outbound tourism.

An expert from Ctrip indicated that Hong Kong and Macao are still the most popular destination for mainland tourists. As Japan and South Korea want to attract more tourists, the government continues to launches new visa policies to promote the development of tourism. The growth rate of Chinese tourists traveling to Japan and South Korea increased more than 30 percent.

In addition, the growth rate of Chinese tourists traveling to Russia increased more than 13 percent, which ranked in the top 10 and is the only European country. It is reported that the growth rate of outbound tourists has nearly reached 16 percent for the Asian region in the third quarter, and the growth rate of outbound tourists has nearly reached 33 percent for the Americas. However, the growth rate of outbound tourists to the Oceania unexpectedly reached 188 percent. Tourism to the African region increased 132 percent due to the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa.