Overseas holidays are important: that is clear from all that has been claimed and counter-claimed in the EU referendum debate. But far less attention has been paid to the effects of a vote to leave the European Union on the domestic travel industry.
UK tourism accounts for one-eleventh of our GDP and provides more than three million jobs. So arguably the effects of a Brexit on domestic tourism are much more important than what we do on our holidays.
According to the professional services firm Deloitte, 63 per cent of inbound holidaymakers to Britain are from countries of the European Union. Visitors from the EU will top nine million this year.