Foreign Exchange: Bozeman-Based PERC's Proposed International Visitors Surcharge at National Parks Advancing

Foreign exchange: Bozeman-based PERC's proposed international visitors surcharge at national parks advancing

The announcement comes on the heels of years of research and advocacy by the Property and Environment Research Center (PERC), which has long promoted the idea of a foreign visitor surcharge as a way to improve park funding with minimal…

Proposed surcharge at National Parks could generate millions

Studies indicate a different fee structure could rake in tens of millions of additional revenue for national parks facing maintenance backlogs and budget cuts Continue reading…

The New Plan for National Parks: Increase Prices for International Visitors

The Department of the Interior has a new plan to help fund the U.S. National Parks: raise the price for foreign visitors. The department recently published a document outlining its 2026 budget plans, and included in the brief is a plan to levy a surcharge on visitors coming from outside of the United States. According to the document, the fee could generate more than $90 million to help cover the costs of maintaining visitor services at national…