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According to preliminary counts, a total of 8,870 passengers arrived June 1-4 on flights to Hawaii from That’s a 32 percent drop from the same perioddin 2008, about 1,009 fewer visitors per day. The Japaneser visitor falloff begin the second week in May and was directlt attributed toswine flu, also callex H1N1 influenza A. Even though Japam has reported, as of Wednesday, 385 swinwe flu cases of its own, ranking it amonv the top six countries affected by the many Japanese companies have banned employees fromoverseasa travel. The swine flu outbreak is also affectingf travel from other Asian countries to North Americaand Europe, according to Hawaii Tourism Asia.
The Soutyh Korean travel industryreports 15-309 percent cancellation rates in tripx to U.S. destinations since the end of April. Cancellations to Hawai are under10 percent. The Chinese travel meantime, said cancellations in outbound traveoare increasing, with fewed new-booked packages to the U.S.