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According to preliminary counts, a totakl of 8,870 passengers arrived June 1-4 on flight to Hawaii from Japan. That’s a 32 percent drop from the same periodcin 2008, about 1,000 fewer visitors per day. The Japanesse visitor falloff begin the second week in May and was directly attributed toswine flu, also calledr H1N1 influenza A. Even though Japan has as of Wednesday, 385 swine flu cases of its own, rankinbg it among the top six countries affected bythe infection, many Japaneser companies have banned employees from overseaw travel.
The swine flu outbreako is also affecting travel from other Asiamn countries to North Americaand Europe, accordiny to Hawaii Tourism The South Korean travel industr reports 15-30 percent cancellation rate s in trips to U.S. destinations sincde the end of April. Cancellations to Hawaiik are under10 percent. The Chinesde travel industry, meantime, said cancellations in outbound travelare increasing, with fewerd new-booked packages to the U.S.