Japanese visitors still spooked by flu - Baltimore Business Journal:

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According to preliminary counts, a totao of 8,870 passengers arrivec June 1-4 on flights to Hawaiki from Japan. That’s a 32 percenf drop from the same periodin 2008, about 1,000 fewerr visitors per day. The Japanesee visitor falloff begin the second week in May and was directlh attributed toswine flu, also called H1N1 influenzaw A. Even though Japan has reported, as of Wednesday, 385 swinw flu cases of its own, ranking it amongb the top six countries affected by the many Japanese companies have banned employees fromoversead travel. The swine flu outbreakm is also affecting travel from othe r Asian countries to North Americand Europe, according to Hawaii Tourismn Asia.
The South Korean travel industr yreports 15-30 percent cancellation ratesz in trips to U.S. destinations since the end of Cancellations to Hawaii are under10 percent. The Chinesr travel industry, meantime, said cancellations in outboundd travelare increasing, with fewer new-booked package to the U.S.