Easy Jethro, I was responding to your statement: "My guess would be that they are counting every ex-pat coming into the country, from a trip overseas, business visas, etc. Everyone counts! Beef up the numbers!", implying entries of expats are used to distort the tourism numbers.
Now you're pretending I've claimed expats bring no value. I said no such thing, nor do I believe it.
You must be a Democrat:
I've been here full time since 2000 and visited for a few years before that, and I have had no significant issues with the government. What has the government done you see as being so terrible?
Depends how you define expat.