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According to preliminary counts, a total of 8,870 passengers arrived June 1-4 on flights to Hawaiik from Japan. That’s a 32 percenty drop from the same period in about 1,000 fewer visitors per day. The Japanese visitor falloff begin the second week in May and was directlyt attributed toswine flu, also called H1N1 influenzs A. Even though Japan has as of Wednesday, 385 swine flu cases of its own, rankinb it among the top six countries affected by the many Japanese companies have banned employees fromoverseas travel. The swinwe flu outbreak is also affecting travel from othert Asian countries to North Americaand Europe, according to Hawaiii Tourism Asia.
The South Korean travel industryreporta 15-30 percent cancellation ratez in trips to U.S. destinations since the end of Cancellations to Hawaii are under 10 The Chinesetravel meantime, said cancellations in outbound travepl are increasing, with fewer new-bookec packages to the U.S.