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Some of the demand is induced by how easy it is to get the reservations. I hate to say this but maybe we should make it a little more annoying? Imagine if cam
by habosa 7y ago
Some of the demand is induced by how easy it is to get the reservations. I hate to say this but maybe we should make it a little more annoying?
Imagine if campsites were either:
a) first-come first-served
b) reservation by physical mail only
I guarantee you'd see different levels of "demand" than we do now.
Interestingly I noticed that Yosemite backcountry permits still require mail or fax, but they email you the result. I think this is intentional, putting a small hoop to make sure they get "serious" inquiries only.
I say all of this out of defeat. On principle I would want to remove any and all barriers to visiting our national parks. But in practice what we have is not really working for anyone (at Yosemite and the other mega parks)
- baddox 7y agoI don't know, I mean sure, it might be self-serving for me to want to discourage other people from going to Yosemite, but realistically isn't the point of the national parks to preserve them for people to enjoy? I don't think it's a great mission to say "we only want die-hard fans of the outdoors to be willing to go through the reservation process." Part of the point is outreach to people who aren't normally connected to or interested in the outdoors. > But in practice what we have is not really working for anyone (at Yosemite and the other mega parks) I'm not sure that's true. Tons and tons of people go there. It's not like it's so crowded that no one goes there any more (like the classic joke).