National Park fee increase possible
The New York Post reported... “The National Park Service is considering a steep increase in entrance fees at 17 of its most popular parks, mostly in the U.S. West, to address a backlog of maintenan...
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2gypsies wrote:I think we all agree, there needs to be an increase, But I can't remember anything that has gone up 134% at one time.
Here's how the yearly attendance is at the major parks:
https://www.nps.gov/subjects/socialscience/annual-visitation-highlights.htm
As volunteers in these parks we have seen the 'behind-the-scene' issues the parks have to deal with. When 5 million people visit a park that creates a lot of manpower, a strong law enforcement team, road repairs, general building repairs, etc. The amount kept in the parks from the entrance fees doesn't begin to cover the overall costs of needed repairs/updating that the public expects.
Nothing will replace these parks. If you expect your children/grandchildren and their descendants to have the good experiences that you've had then costs will go up over the years to preserve these parks for them. Costs in everything goes up. Think of the cigarettes, booze, cars, groceries, fuel, amusement park entrances, movies, etc. that you willingly pay. Those have all gone up over the years and yet, we just pay them.
