This news article shares the various benefits the reservation system had on Yosemite National Park this year. Visitors expressed how much better their visit was without long hours of traffic, lines for restaurants and bathrooms, congested trails, and competing for the same viewpoints and photographs. The reservation system decreased park visitation by about 60%, returning visitation numbers to those of the 1970s.
Park managers know that national parks should be for everyone. They will be looking to find ways for people to still take spontaneous trips to Yosemite and how to make the reservation system accessible to everyone. Read more here: Yosemite has been at its best under pandemic restrictions. Keep the cap on crowds.
