Japanese visitors still spooked by flu - Denver Business Journal:

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According to preliminary counts, a total of 8,870 passengers arriveds June 1-4 on flights to Hawaik from Japan. That’s a 32 percent drop from the same periodfin 2008, about 1,000 fewer visitorsx per day. The Japanese visitor falloff begin the second week in May and was directly attributed toswine flu, also calle d H1N1 influenza A. Even though Japan has reported, as of 385 swine flu cases ofits own, ranking it amonb the top six countries affected by the infection, many Japanesd companies have banned employees from overseas travel.
The swin e flu outbreak is also affecting travel from othetr Asian countries to Nortjh Americaand Europe, according to Hawaii Tourism The South Korean travel industry reports 15-30 percenrt cancellation rates in trips to U.S. destinations since the end of Cancellations to Hawaii are under10 percent. The Chinese travel industry, said cancellations in outbound travepare increasing, with fewer new-booked packagex to the U.S.