US EditionTrump signs order to raise U.S. national park fees for foreign visitors
- President Donald Trump signed an executive order on July 3, 2025, raising entrance fees for foreign visitors at U.S. national parks.
- Amid staffing losses of 24% since January and a proposed $1 billion budget cut, the executive order aims to boost park funding through increased fees for foreign visitors.
- Following the order, revoking the Obama memo and maintaining U.S. residents' access, the policy could generate up to $1.2 billion annually for the national park system.
- Moving forward, the order aims to model park funding on international practices like those in Chile, Ecuador, and South Africa, with the new commission's timing and surcharge levels still unclear.
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In the future, foreigners will pay more admission to the national parks of the United States than local visitors.
US President Donald Trump calls for higher admission fees for tourists in US National Parks. With the increase in the price, the parks should remain affordable for US citizens.
Trump signs order to raise entrance fees for foreign tourists at US national parks
While the order does not specify the new fee amounts or implementation dates, the White House said it expects the measure to generate hundreds of millions of dollars for deferred maintenance and park upgrades.
Trump's tax law is only just being passed in the U.S. House of Representatives. Among other things, it provides for substantial savings in the national parks. Now the president announces that foreigners will pay a higher entrance fee for visits to the parks than Americans.
Trump wants to compensate for higher entry prices for tourists, lower prices for Americans.
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