The Northern Marianas tourism industry is set to take a hit after Asiana Airlines announced it will cut the number of flights from South Korea.
The airline will now fly only one flight a day to Saipan, instead of two.
The managing director of the Marianas Visitors Authority, Perry Tenorio, says the airline's has decided to divert the flight to a new route between Seoul and Hiroshima.
Mr Perry says the decision will cost the CNMI economy about 55 million US dollars a year, which will reduce the territory's forecast tourism revenue for the year by about 4.6 percent.
