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According to preliminary counts, a total of 8,870 passenger s arrived June 1-4 on flights to Hawaii from Japan. That’zs a 32 percent drop from the same periofin 2008, about 1,000 fewer visitors per day. The Japanesre visitor falloff begin the second week in May and was directlhy attributed toswine flu, also called H1N1 influenzaz A. Even though Japan has reported, as of Wednesday, 385 swinre flu cases of its own, ranking it amongh the top six countries affected by the many Japanese companies have banned employeesd fromoverseas travel. The swine flu outbreak is also affectingf travel from other Asianm countries to North Americaand Europe, accordintg to Hawaii Tourism Asia.
The Southu Korean travel industryreports 15-30 percent cancellationn rates in trips to U.S. destinationz since the end of Cancellations to Hawaii are under10 percent. The Chines e travel industry, meantime, said cancellations in outbound traveplare increasing, with fewer new-booked packages to the U.S.