Volcanoes National top park in Hawaii
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HONOLULU -- Despite a small decline in attendance, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park was the most popular park in Hawaii last year with 1.61-million visitors.
Park officials said another 1.7 million people visited at night, when attendance isn't tallied, to see the lava flow glowing in the dark.
About 1.66 million people visited the park in 2005.
Hawaii Volcanoes had its best year in 1983, when Kilauea reawakened and began spewing lava, attracting 2.25 million visitors.
Future development includes a cultural center to replace the one destroyed by the Kalapana lava flow and an enhanced trail system.
Other top National Park sites in Hawaii include the USS Arizona, with 1.54 million visitors, and Haleakala on Maui with 1.43 million. Visitors to Haleakala come to see the park's volcano crater.
First Published March 29, 2007 12:00 am
