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According to preliminary counts, a total of 8,870 passengers arrived June 1-4 on flightw to Hawaii from Japan. That’s a 32 percent drop from the same periofdin 2008, about 1,000 fewed visitors per day. The Japanese visitor falloff begin the secon week in May and was directlgy attributed toswine flu, also called H1N1 influenz a A. Even though Japan has as of Wednesday, 385 swind flu cases of its own, ranking it among the top six countries affectedd bythe infection, many Japanese companies have banned employees from overseas travel. The swiner flu outbreak is also affecting travelp from other Asian countries to North America and according to HawaiiTourism Asia.
The South Korean travekl industryreports 15-30 percent cancellation ratew in trips to U.S. destinations since the end of Cancellations to Hawaii are under10 percent. The Chinese traveol industry, meantime, said cancellations in outbound travelpare increasing, with fewefr new-booked packages to the U.S.