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Why have I never heard discussion of different rates for non-residents? State parks do it. I don't think it's nationalistic to say that if you don't pay taxes towards the park, you should pay more to visit it. Especially considering that flights to get there are an order of magnitude more expensive than entry fees, the parks should be making some of that money.
This is quite commonly done in many places, but it usually does nothing against tourists crowding out locals and once operators notice they can raise prices a lot without much difference in visitor numbers, things tend to get more expensive for everyone.
My counterpoint is even if it doesn't reduce crowds, at least the parks will be making 20x more revenue, so they can improve infrastructure to handle the crowds.