The establishment of a park can create many business opportunities. Private businesses provide a wide variety of visitor services, and also supply parks with necessary goods and services.

To insure this complementary role for private enterprise, Congress defined concession activity and enacted National Parks Omnibus Management Act of 1998, Title IV-National Park Service Concessions Management Improvement Act of 1998, under which the National Park Service authorizes park concession operations. It requires that development "...be limited to those that are necessary and appropriate for public use and enjoyment..." of the national park area in which they are located "... and that are consistent to the highest practicable degree with the preservation and conservation of the areas..."

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