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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]None. I have loved all I've been to, from Shenandoah to Yosemite to Denali.

I'm even willing to pay $70 if I'm going on a vacation to one, but hate that the fee hike is being imposed to balance out corporate tax cuts.[/quote]

The fee hike is not being imposed to balance out corporate tax cuts.  The fee hike has been in the works a long time -- back into  the Obama Administration. The National Parks have over ten billion $$ in deferred maintenance. Meanwhile, the Park Service has done studies that show that visitors to National Parks spend around $18 billion a year in the "Gateway Communities" around National Parks.  It only makes sense to try to capture a small part of that money to maintain the Parks themselves (which are the draw, in the first place).  Even at $70, the Park entrance fee is a minor portion of the expense of a trip to visit Yellowstone.

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I’m not opposed to fee hikes per se, but $20 to $70 (regardless of whether you’re visiting for a day or a week) is a huge jump.  I’d rather see a smaller raise (or introduce a 1-day option for less) and give NPS more funding in the budget.[/quote]

PP here -- I probably should have also added that the Park Service would not be sad at all if fewer people go to the parks that have had the big fee hikes.  Those parks are overcrowded, and they have described those parks as being "loved to death."  I do think part of the plan is to try to get those people to go to some of the other parks, instead.  One thing most people don't realize about the Park Service is that they see their primary mission as being the "preservation of the resource," not entertaining people.  [/quote]

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