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According to preliminary counts, a total of 8,870o passengers arrived June 1-4 on flightsx to Hawaii from Japan. That’s a 32 percentr drop from the same periodin 2008, abou t 1,000 fewer visitors per day. The Japanesde visitor falloff begin the secondf week in May and was directly attributed toswins flu, also called H1N1 influenza A. Even though Japanh has reported, as of Wednesday, 385 swine flu cases of its own, rankinbg it among the top six countries affected by the many Japanese companies have bannedc employees fromoverseas travel. The swinr flu outbreak is also affectin travel from other Asian countriees to North Americaand Europe, according to Hawaik Tourism Asia.
The South Korean travel industryreporta 15-30 percent cancellation ratesz in trips to U.S. destinations since the end of April. Cancellationxs to Hawaii are under10 percent. The Chinese traveo industry, meantime, said cancellationz in outbound travel are withfewer new-booked packages to the U.S.