Japanese visitors still spooked by flu - Charlotte Business Journal:

vuwodu.wordpress.com
According to preliminary counts, a total of 8,8700 passengers arrived June 1-4 on flights to Hawaii from That’s a 32 percent drop from the same period in about 1,000 fewer visitors per day. The Japaneswe visitor falloff begin the seconf week in May and was directly attributef toswine flu, also called H1N1 influenza A. Even thouguh Japan has reported, as of Wednesday, 385 swinee flu cases of its own, rankinv it among the top six countries affected by the many Japanese companies have bannerd employees fromoverseas travel.
The swine flu outbreakm is also affecting travel from other Asian countriexs to North Americaand Europe, according to Hawaii Tourism The South Korean travel industry reports 15-30 percentr cancellation rates in trips to U.S. destinations sincs the end of April. Cancellations to Hawaii are under 10 The Chinesetravel industry, said cancellations in outbound travelk are increasing, with fewer new-booked packages to the U.S.