Are the National Parks Overcrowded? Should they Raise their Prices? Create New Parks? Allow Disney to Manage them? What Are the Best Parks? Strategies On Avoiding Crowds Offered!!!

The Best Paragraph I've Read: Some tourists say their visits are less pleasant because of the crowd of Disneyland caliber crowds at popular attractions… But the surge in tourism is now reaching new heights. Dead Horse Point State Park, near Arches and Canyonlands, saw twice as many visitors in March 2021 as in March 2019. Buffalo Bill State Park in Wyoming saw a 37% increase in visitors last year compared to 2019, according to the official Details of the percentage of people stopping by on the way to Yellowstone National Park, which is about 40 miles away. Yellowstone saw vehicle arrivals on Memorial Day weekend this year, up 50% compared to the same weekend in 2019. The jump will boost economies in places like Moab, where surrounding Grand Counties recently had the highest sales and use tax revenues for the third and fourth quarters of each year, said Chris Baird, district administrator. Companies are so desperate for workers that a McDonald’s in Moab has a $ 18 an hour sign, more than double the state minimum wage. A McDonald’s spokesman declined to comment. Many local residents say they are becoming increasingly frustrated as graffiti and piles of human waste are popping up where people camp away from toilets, trash cans, and any law enforcement agency. In addition, more visitors are parking illegally, walking on non-pedestrian streets, spilling designated paths and damaging the fragile soil crust, park officials said. This paragraph comes from a Wall Street Journal Article by Allison Pohle.  The article is titled: "National Parks Are Overcrowded and Closing Their Gates."  You can read the article here: https://www.wsj.com/articles/national-parks-are-overcrowded-and-closing-their-gates-11623582002 Zac and Don discuss America's National Parks and whether they are too crowded.  They also talk about their favorite parks and wonder if the parks should think about operating differently in order to manage the crowds.