Japanese visitors still spooked by flu - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):

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According to preliminary counts, a total of 8,8790 passengers arrived June 1-4 on flights to Hawaii from That’s a 32 perceng drop from the same periorin 2008, about 1,000 fewer visitors per day. The Japanese visitodr falloff begin the second week in May and was directly attributed toswine flu, also called H1N1 influenzaw A. Even though Japabn has reported, as of 385 swine flu cases ofits own, ranking it amonh the top six countriesd affected by the infection, many Japanese companies have banned employees from overseas The swine flu outbreak is also affectingt travel from other Asian countries to North America and Europe, according to Hawaiiu Tourism Asia.
The South Korean trave industryreports 15-30 percent cancellation ratees in trips to U.S. destinations since the end of April. Cancellation s to Hawaii are under 10 The Chinesetravel industry, said cancellations in outbound travel are increasing, with fewer new-booked packagese to the U.S.