Nonresidents will have to pay $250 for annual passes or $100 per person on top of the standard entrance fee to enter certain national parks beginning Jan. 1, 2026.

The new fee was announced Tuesday by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and takes effects Jan. 1. Foreign tourists also will see a sharp price increase for an annual parks pass, to $250 per vehicle. U.S. residents will continue to be charged $80 for an annual pass.

Foreigners also will be left out of eight so-called “fee-free days” that correspond to patriotic holidays — including President’s Day, Memorial Day, Flag Day, July 4

A recent series of community dinners brought federal employees together at the Grand Canyon as they continue to recover from the longest-ever U.S. government shutdown. Even though they returned to work earlier this month,