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Entrance fees at Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park on Hawaii island are slated to go up in 2020 to provide additional funding for infrastructure and maintenance, the National Park Service said Thursday.
The new fees, effective Jan. 1, 2020, will be $30 per vehicle (up from $25 currently), $25 per motorcycle (up from $20) and $15 per pedestrian or bicyclist (up from $12). The receipt allows entry for seven days.
The annual Tri Park Pass, which allows visitors unlimited entry to Hawai‘i Volcanoes and Haleakala national parks and Pu‘uhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park, will increase in phases, going to $50 from $30 on June 1 and then up to $55 in January 2020.
The price of the annual America the Beautiful National Parks and Federal Lands Annual Pass and Lifetime Senior Pass will remain $80.
In 2017 Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park logged more than 2 million visitors, and visitors in 2016 spent more than $159.2 million in communities near the park, supporting 1,917 jobs in the area, according to the National Park Service.
