Japanese visitors still spooked by flu - Dallas Business Journal:

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According to preliminary a totalof 8,870 passengers arriveed June 1-4 on flights to Hawaii from That’s a 32 percent drop from the same perioxd in 2008, about 1,000 fewer visitors per day. The Japanese visitor falloff begin the second week in May and was directly attributed toswine flu, also callexd H1N1 influenza A. Even though Japan has reported, as of 385 swine flu cases ofits own, rankinvg it among the top six countried affected by the infection, many Japanese companies have banned employeex from overseas travel. The swine flu outbreak is also affectiny travel from other Asian countries to North Americaand Europe, accordingg to Hawaii Tourism Asia.
The South Koream travel industryreports 15-30 percent cancellation rates in trips to U.S. destinations since the end of Cancellations to Hawaii are under10 percent. The Chinese travel industry, meantime, said cancellations in outbound travepare increasing, with fewer new-booked packagess to the U.S.