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Since 2004, visitation to Carlsbad Caverns has been about 400,000 per year.
People want to see the cave and the bats. Carlsbad Caverns is one of the largest caves in the whole world!
For spelunking.
People may enter the Carlsbad Cavern by walking the trail through the natural cave entrance or by elevator.
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The three miles of permitted visitation of Carlsbad Caverns is one of the most accessible and most beautiful caverns in the world, having one of the largest (in terms of volume) underground rooms anywhere.
People and Bats.
The highest attendance was 876,500 in 1976. Lately is has been about a 410,000.
U.S. law states that a national park must "Have relatively spacious land and water areas, so outstanding in quality and beauty as to make imperative their preservation by the federal government for the enjoyment, education and inspiration of all people." Carlsbad Caverns is clearly "outstanding in quality and beauty."
The Big Room, Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico The big room is the largest single underground Chamber in the world. It is about 2,000 feet long and an average of 600 feet wide, an average 200 feet high, and covers an area of 12 to 14 acres. The people in this picture are on on one of the regular tours. The largest number of people to tour the caverns in one day was over 7,500. The Big Room, Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico The big room is the largest single underground Chamber in the world. It is about 2,000 feet long and an average of 600 feet wide, an average 200 feet high, and covers an area of 12 to 14 acres. The people in this picture are on on one of the regular tours. The largest number of people to tour the caverns in one day was over 7,500.
I've been there twice because it is breath-takingly beautiful. My guess is that most of the millions of other visitors do for the same reason.
According to the National Parks Service, there were 381,058 visits in 2012. How many were repeat visits is impossible to know.