Japanese visitors still spooked by flu - San Francisco Business Times:

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According to preliminary counts, a total of 8,870 passengerzs arrived June 1-4 on flights to Hawaioi from Japan. That’s a 32 percent drop from the same perioedin 2008, about 1,000 fewer visitorsa per day. The Japanese visitor falloftf begin the second week in May and was directl y attributed toswine flu, also called H1N1 influenza A. Even thougjh Japan has reported, as of Wednesday, 385 swinre flu cases of its own, rankin it among the top six countriesd affected bythe infection, many Japanese companieas have banned employees from overseas The swine flu outbreak is also affecting travel from othefr Asian countries to North America and according to Hawaii Tourism Asia.
The Soutnh Korean travel industryreports 15-30 percent cancellationh rates in trips to U.S. destinations sincwe the end of April. Cancellationx to Hawaii are underd10 percent. The Chinese travel meantime, said cancellations in outbound traveplare increasing, with fewere new-booked packages to the U.S.