03/12/2026
🚨 WOW 🚨 Interesting and terrifying read. Many of you have traveled thousands of miles to experience Yellowstone, the mountains of Wyoming, and the American West.
Unfortunately, starting in 2026, international visitors now face an additional $100 per person fee to enter national parks like Yellowstone — on top of the existing entrance fee.
For a family of four visiting from overseas, that could mean hundreds of dollars more just to enter the park.
For those of us who live and work here, that’s deeply concerning.
We’ve spent decades welcoming guests from all over the world to experience this incredible place — riding horses through the Shoshone, seeing wildlife for the first time, and sharing the beauty of Yellowstone. Many of our guests travel their entire lives dreaming of coming here.
Policies like this risk discouraging those visitors and hurting the small communities, outfitters, ranches, guides, and local businesses that depend on tourism.
Yellowstone belongs to the world. People come here to experience something truly special — and we should be encouraging that, not making it harder.
We hope leaders reconsider this policy so people from around the world can continue experiencing our little slice of heaven in Wyoming.
If you believe people from around the world should still be welcomed to experience Yellowstone, please share this post so the message reaches further.
— Bill Cody Ranch
The Interior Department said the shift will address the National Park Service’s maintenance backlog
