That's another piece of utter rubbish that gets bandied around by the fear and loathing brigade, led by Anna, Mark and Dan.
Those without permanent residency can only come if they have a visa AND they are in one of the
special categories. Most have to apply for an exemption as well as a visa.
The
numbers of visitors arriving are negligible (6,000-8,000 per month Oct 20-Mar 21). Compare that with between 8,000-14,000
resident returnees in the same period.
I haven't seen any numbers about multiple time short term visitors, but McGowan's own stats indicated multiple returnees were only 3.7% of total returnees, and I can't see any reason to believe short term multiple visit visitors are a tidal wave either.
Cheers skip
PS I left off April below because the stats don't differentiate pre bubble and post bubble arrivals, and April onwards is largely bubble people.
Visitor arrivals | '000 | Resident returns | '000 |
Oct-20 | 6.07 | Oct-20 | 11.17 |
Nov-20 | 7.57 | Nov-20 | 13 |
Dec-20 | 8.82 | Dec-20 | 14.3 |
Jan-21 | 7.99 | Jan-21 | 11.35 |
Feb-21 | 6.26 | Feb-21 | 8.39 |
Mar-21 | 8.32 | Mar-21 | 9.25 |
Totals | 45.03 | | 67.46 |