Japanese visitors still spooked by flu
Japanese visitor arrivals in Hawaii continue to decline by double digits because of the international flu scare.
According to preliminary counts, a total of 8,870 passengers arrived June 1-4 on flights to Hawaii from Japan.
That’s a 32 percent drop from the same period in 2008, about 1,000 fewer visitors per day.
The Japanese visitor falloff begin the second week in May and was directly attributed to swine flu, also called H1N1 influenza A.
Even though Japan has reported, as of Wednesday, 385 swine flu cases of its own, ranking it among the top six countries affected by the infection, many Japanese companies have banned employees from overseas travel.
The swine flu outbreak is also affecting travel from other Asian countries to North America and Europe, according to Hawaii Tourism Asia.
The South Korean travel industry reports 15-30 percent cancellation rates in trips to U.S. destinations since the end of April. Cancellations to Hawaii are under 10 percent.
The Chinese travel industry, meantime, said cancellations in outbound travel are increasing, with fewer new-booked packages to the U.S.
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