The association said the announcement followed the Prime Minister ‘s recent request asking the business community to share their views on EU membership.

Mark McVay, chairman at UKinbound said: "Our member survey findings highlight overwhelming support for Britain to remain in the EU. This shouldn’t come as a surprise as the EU is an extremely important source market for tourism.   

“It is important to our country’s economy that we make it as easy as possible for people to travel here, not isolate ourselves from the market which collectively brought two-thirds of our visitors in 2015."  

UKinbound said overseas visitor spending in the UK contributed £22 billion last year.

UKinbound’s chief executive Deirdre Wells OBE said: "We are fortunate to have a major market - the EU - right here on our doorstep. Our members have been welcoming visitors from our European neighbours for decades.

“They bring much needed revenue to the UK, creating valuable jobs for the UK economy.  We need to continue to do all we can to attract more visitors to the UK - and saying ’yes’ to staying in the EU sends a clear message that we are open for business".