Trump Administration Will Raise Prices for Foreign Tourists at National Parks

[1srelluc]

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/us/politics/national-parks-prices-tourists-trump.html

The Trump administration will raise prices and add new fees next year for international tourists visiting national parks, the latest change amid steep cuts, understaffing and bureaucratic turmoil at the National Park Service and a significant decline in foreign tourism.

In a statement on Tuesday, the Interior Department, which manages federal land, said that, as of Jan. 1, it would more than triple the price of an annual park pass for nonresidents, from $80 to $250. Foreign tourists without an annual pass will also be charged $100 on top of the standard entrance fee to visit each of the 11 most popular national parks, including Yosemite, Yellowstone, Rocky Mountain and the Grand Canyon.

“President Trump’s leadership always puts American families first,” Doug Burgum, the secretary of the interior, said in the statement. Foreigners who live in the United States will not be charged the new fees.

The increased pricing comes as more and more international tourists are choosing to stay away from the United States. Canadians, who have historically formed a large share of international travelers, are continuing to boycott American destinations amid President Trump’s trade war and harsh rhetoric directed at Canadians. Canadian travel to the United States has declined every month since Mr. Trump’s second term began.

Long overdue.

Have you been to a national park lately? They also need to up the charge more for those damned tour buses full of Chinese to about quadruple whatever it is now, or ban them altogether.

Most of the problems in the parks are caused by foreign tourists, so they need to pay to help fix them.

 

[pknopp]

Way to go. Curtail tourism that many places rely upon to survive.

 

[August West]

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/us/politics/national-parks-prices-tourists-trump.html

The Trump administration will raise prices and add new fees next year for international tourists visiting national parks, the latest change amid steep cuts, understaffing and bureaucratic turmoil at the National Park Service and a significant decline in foreign tourism.

In a statement on Tuesday, the Interior Department, which manages federal land, said that, as of Jan. 1, it would more than triple the price of an annual park pass for nonresidents, from $80 to $250. Foreign tourists without an annual pass will also be charged $100 on top of the standard entrance fee to visit each of the 11 most popular national parks, including Yosemite, Yellowstone, Rocky Mountain and the Grand Canyon.

“President Trump’s leadership always puts American families first,” Doug Burgum, the secretary of the interior, said in the statement. Foreigners who live in the United States will not be charged the new fees.

The increased pricing comes as more and more international tourists are choosing to stay away from the United States. Canadians, who have historically formed a large share of international travelers, are continuing to boycott American destinations amid President Trump’s trade war and harsh rhetoric directed at Canadians. Canadian travel to the United States has declined every month since Mr. Trump’s second term began.

Long overdue.

Have you been to a national park lately? They also need to up the charge more for those damned tour buses full of Chinese to about quadruple whatever it is now, or ban them altogether.

Most of the problems in the parks are caused by foreign tourists, so they need to pay to help fix them.

At some parks, all RVs should be banned. Tell us more about the foreign tourists damaging our National Parks. I`ve heard nothing about this and I`ve had a lifetime park pass for several decades. Are they stealing our Sequoias?

 

[odanny]

In Thailand they have dual pricing for most park entrance fees, one for Thai citizens, and another for tourists. Both are very inexpensive, but the tourist price is 3-4x more, something like 25 baht vs. 100 baht tourist fee ($3)

I don't think it will reduce tourism, personally, foreign tourists have money and won't be canceling over this.

Less visitors might be a good thing for the parks themselves, overrun as they are, and thanks to Trump, very much understaffed.

 

[candycorn]

At some parks, all RVs should be banned. Tell us more about the foreign tourists damaging our National Parks. I`ve heard nothing about this and I`ve had a lifetime park pass for several decades. Are they stealing our Sequoias?

It’s another pointless proclamation.

 

[1srelluc]

At some parks, all RVs should be banned. Tell us more about the foreign tourists damaging our National Parks. I`ve heard nothing about this and I`ve had a lifetime park pass for several decades. Are they stealing our Sequoias?

It's more about the volume of foreign tourists from what I understand. The Chi-Com tourists in particular. There are simply too many of them for park facilities to handle.

In my AO it's nothing to see a half dozen tour busses full of Chi-Coms waiting to get into the Shenandoah National Park.