THere has been some research on this - around 2007 a paper on Khao Yai's dual pricing found that Thai people would not be put off by raising - even doubling - the basic entry fees.
and that scrapping the higher rate for foreigners would increase the number of foreign visitors, and that the higher fees did not in most parks make a significant difference to income - excpt in marine parks which have huge number of foreign visitors compared to Thai people.
However the problem runs deeper - the DNP does not mange visitors well in most parks - there needs to be a balance between numbers , access and maintaining the natural environment - we have seen how disastrous this can be the marine parks - in the inland parks the situation is not really public.
THe DNP needs to look at places like Australia to see how the parks are managed with respect to visitors how trails are set up not to be invasive etc.
In the end it requires finance and policy reform but the dual pricing system has been shown over decades to have no significant impact other than malking foreigners unwelcome and reducing the numbers of visitors.
PS - it's worth noting that many national heritage attractions around the world are free or subsidised and there real income from visitors is gained not from entrance fees but from secondary purchases - e.g., camping, souvenirs, voluntary contributions, food accommodation
The two 'big ticket' items are accommodation and sex. Thailand wins hands down on that. Food and drink comes next; Thailand wins that one as well if you buy local - in some cases (notably beer) there is a sacrifice on quality and don't bother with wine unless you want to pay daft prices for average quality.
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