Reply #40: Americans may be the majority, but foreigners spend more money.

[Xithras]

Tourist buses, cabins, hotel rooms, flights, etc. Most American visits to national parks involve a tent and as little money as possible. The businesses are obviously going to cater to those who spend the most money.

As for them making demands, there is a grain of truth there, but that's a failing of Americans. There's nothing wrong with sleeping in dorms or tent cabins, but Americans still complain about it incessantly. Since there isn't much these companies can do to improve those conditions, it's understandable that they might be reluctant to hire people with a propensity to whine a lot. In Yosemite, for example, DN is not allowed to build ANYTHING...workers sleep in tent cabins because there is literally nowhere else to put them. The Sierra Club had the park service tied up in lawsuits for nearly a decade because the park wanted to replace a leaky old sewer line, and they've been successfully fighting them for years over a plan that would actually reduce smog, gridlock, and the number of roads in the park. They'd have a field day if the park service actually proposed building housing...it would be in court for the next 20 years! This isn't a slam on the Sierra Club. I'm an SC member and support the suits, but the park is really bent over a barrel when it comes to dealing with these problems.