Tourism playing wait and see over Brexit impactJess Parker The tourism industry is hoping financial volatility following Britain's exit from the European Union won't deter Lions fans like these from visiting next year. Recent figures showed British visitors were our fourth largest market behind Australia, China and the USA. "At this stage, travel partners are not reporting any concerns, the Lions tour organisers are happy with current sales." ​Added to that, almost half the 213,000 British visitors in the year to May came to see friends and family, and they were less influenced by currency changes. Roberts said the number of Lions tour packages sold to date was confidential, but they were going fast.

Source: Stuff June 27, 2016 04:07 UTC