Dear MEL Topic Readers,
National parks announce ‘America-first’ fee surges for international
tourists
Hiking in a national park is exciting, but a hike of national park fees
is discouraging. The United States has announced to implement a new
“America-first” entry fee policy at 11 most-visited national parks starting from
next year, including the Great Smoky Mountains, Zion, Grand Canyon, Rocky
Mountain, Yosemite, and Yellowstone. Non-US residents will have to purchase the
annual pass for $250 or pay a $100 fee in addition to the park’s entrance fee. The
annual pass costs $80 to US residents. Such a premium price for foreigners is quite
common among popular tourist attractions around the world. For example, the
Grand Egyptian Museum near Cairo charges around 200 EGP to Egyptians but around
1,500 to foreigners. But this substantial price hike under the American Families
First policy hits foreigners’ wallets hard, considering the strong US dollar
and already-expensive traveling costs to and around America. There are still 52
national parks that are exempt from the foreigners’ fee.
Read the article and learn about another America-first policy
implementation.
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