The economic principle I researched was - People react to incentives in predictable ways.
In my research, I studied how National Parks like Yellowstone, Glacier, and Yosemite get so many people to visit their parks. I also researched how much smaller, lesser known areas do the same by looking at the Driftless Area.
In every case, I found that they all do very similar things, just tailored to specific parts about the park. For example, Yellowstone visitors are growing extremely quickly, which cause traffic problems as well as trail problems. To fix this, and make sure visitors enjoy their time and come back, they are spending millions on adding new trails, renovating old ones, and fixing the roadways. In Yosemite, they are doing very similar projects, but primarily focusing on maintaining trails and the habitat surrounding the trails and scenic routes. In the driftless area, their main focus is stream conservation, for the main visitors there are fisherman.
In all these cases, the governing bodies of the parks and areas are focused on visitor satisfaction, and making sure that visitors enjoy their time, and come back.
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