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Raising prices of lodging services in U. S. national parks has been suggested as a method of alleviating the problems associated with over-visitation; higher prices could also reconciliate external costs the uses of these lodging facilities cause. This article examines the hypothesis that raising lodging prices would ameliorate use/ preservation conflict by controlling demand for visitation and generating a fund for preservation. Price elasticity of demand was employed to estimate the effect of raising prices on controlling the demand and on generating the fund. With Ever glades National Park used as the case study, findings suggested that raising the prices would be ineffective in controlling demand for visitation, but that raising lodging prices would lead to generating a fund for preserving the park without diminishing concessionaires' previous revenues. It was suggested that the policy of raising lodging prices is most likely to be effective in the most famous national parks because of their remoteness and uniqueness.

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Key Words: lodging prices price elasticity of demand visitation national parks Everglades National Park.

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The Effect of Lodging Prices On Visitors' Demand: Everglades National Park

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