If you had planned on traveling to Japan in the near future, whether for business or leisure, your plans have most likely been put on an indefinite hold. Many companies with clients scheduled to fly to Japan have canceled, or at least postponed, their trips for the time being. Lucrative flights to Asia make up a big portion of profits for U.S. airlines, which are bound to take a big hit with the surge of cancelled flights. Both Delta and American Airlines have resumed their regular flights to Japan, though it is unclear how full these planes actually are.
After the devastating earthquake and tsunami struck Japan last week, a decline in tourism is just another of their many worries right now. Japan saw over 8.6 million visitors last year with 727,000 of them traveling from America, according to the tourism organization. As Japan continues to deal with the nuclear power scare and face months of rebuilding their country, American leisure and business travelers will be reconsidering their travel plans.
The State Department even issued an alert on Sunday, which recommended that U.S. citizens avoid traveling to Japan at this current time and warns about shortages of food and water, power outages and evacuations near the nuclear power plants. The peak travel season for visitors to Japan is usually when the cherry trees blossom in April, but travelers are already cancelling their plans during this season.
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