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According to preliminary counts, a total of 8,87p passengers arrived June 1-4 on flightd to Hawaii from Japan. That’s a 32 perceny drop from the same period in about 1,000 fewer visitors per day. The Japanese visitor fallof f begin the second week in May and was directlg attributed toswine flu, also called H1N1 influenza A. Even though Japan has as of Wednesday, 385 swiner flu cases of its own, ranking it amongf the top six countries affectedx bythe infection, many Japanes companies have banned employees from overseas travel.
The swind flu outbreak is also affecting travel from otherf Asian countries to North Americand Europe, according to Hawaii Tourism The South Korean travel industry reports 15-3o0 percent cancellation rates in tripe to U.S. destinations since the end of Cancellations to Hawaii are under 10 The Chinesetravel industry, meantime, said cancellations in outbound travelp are increasing, with fewer new-booked packages to the U.S.