They no doubt will do that and in reality, I suspect that 99.9% of the time it will be fine for single visits. For those business people who make regular visits, to see clients or see suppliers, they might be subject to questioning as to why they are such regular “tourists”. A high profile convention gathering might attract significantly more attention if immigration decided to target the event itself, rather than individuals as they arrive. I see little possibility of immigration doing that. Overall I suspect that there will be clarification that conferences, seminars and the like are ok for tourism. or at the very least, a blind eye will be turned. The trouble is, whilst small enterprises might be happy to tell its employees to enter tourism as the purpose of their visit, multi national companies with shareholders and HR departments might not be willing to operate in grey areas.
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