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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Simon Calder

Is it fair to charge foreigners more to enter tourist sites?

Wild west: President Trump’s punitive per-person park premium will push Bryce Canyon in Utah off many wishlists - (Simon Calder)

“More Affordable National Park Access”: that is the ludicrous headline of a US Department of the Interior press release that signals a brutal price increase for foreign visitors to America’s most appealing national parks.

In “the most significant modernisation of national park access in decades”, the authorities have decided on “a new resident-focused fee structure that puts American families first”.

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