Foreign visitors shell out more for Yellowstone, Grand Teton National Park visits

By: Rebecca Huntington, Victoria O'Brien, Christina MacIntosh

Outlets: Idaho Capital Sun

Published: May 11, 2026

Words: 1,840

Last Updated: 1 month, 2 weeks ago

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This story was first published on May 6, 2026 in WyoFile.

With low-elevation trails free of snow and temperatures in the mid-50s, tourists prepared to take advantage of Grand Teton National Park when the Teton Park Road gate lifted Friday.

By the afternoon, motorists were erratically pulling off the road to park on the shoulder with parking lots already full. Out-of-state plates dominated the Jenny Lake parking area, where families descended to the …

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