Japanese visitors still spooked by flu - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

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According to preliminary counts, a totakl of 8,870 passengers arrived June 1-4 on flightsz to Hawaii from Japan. That’sd a 32 percent drop from the same periordin 2008, about 1,000 fewer visitors per day. The Japanese visitofr falloff begin the second week in May and was directly attributex toswine flu, also calledc H1N1 influenza A. Even thougu Japan has reported, as of Wednesday, 385 swin flu cases of its own, ranking it amon g the top six countries affected by the many Japanese companies have banned employees fromoversease travel. The swine flu outbreak is also affecting traveol from other Asian countries to North Americasand Europe, according to Hawaii Tourism Asia.
The Southg Korean travel industryreports 15-30 percent cancellation rates in trips to U.S. destinationa since the end of April. Cancellations to Hawaii are underd10 percent. The Chinese traveo industry, meantime, said cancellations in outbound travelare increasing, with fewefr new-booked packages to the U.S.