Saipan casino operator Imperial Pacific International (IPI) is temporarily closing its venue after a tropical storm damaged the island’s international airport.

In late October, Super Typhoon Yutu hit the US Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), killing two local residents and destroying thousands of homes. The Saipan International Airport also suffered extensive damage and inbound traffic was restricted to humanitarian aid flights.

On Thursday, the Marianas Variety quoted IPI saying it would close its Imperial Pacific Resort on Friday “until further notice” because the airport’s closure has “put a complete halt to the tourism industry.”

IPI said the airport “is scheduled to resume normal operations soon,” but the company believes it will likely be “several weeks” before normality actually returns. CNMI officials said Thursday that the airport had resumed a limited number of international tourist arrivals from sunrise to sunset and hoped to restore full functionality by November 20.