U.S. National Parks Boom Is Great - But Overtourism Solutions Urgent: Senators

During the pandemic, record numbers of tourists flocked to the U.S.’ national parks. To fight overtourism, government leaders are looking to identify and implement crowd management strategies for the next five to 10 years in the most-visited national parks. On 28JUL, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources’ Subcommittee on National Parks held a hearing to review the impacts of overcrowding on national parks, visitor experiences, and to listen to proposals for long-term solutions. “It’s great to see so many Americans are taking advantage of these parks,” said Senator Angus King. “However at the same time we must recognize that overcrowding in the parks can degrade the natural resources and wildlife that these units are designed to protect. We can accidentally love our parks to death.”

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